The Conisbrough Viaduct was built in 1906/7 to
carry the Dearne Valley Railway across the Don Gorge, to connect
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway with the Great Northern
and Great Eastern Railways. It is 528 yards in length with 14
arches on one bank and 7 on the other connected by an iron girder
bridge 115 feet above the River Don.
The viaduct is no longer in use, the last passenger
trains using it in 1951, however it still remains an impressive
structure stretching across the Don Gorge, looking very reminiscent
of a recent industrial past.
Looking up at the viaduct from one of the trails
running through the woods below.
Looking across the valley from the quarry, Conisbrough
can be seen beyond the viaduct. The Trans-Pennine Trail runs
alongside the river, and and can be seen winding away up the
hill on it's way through the valley.
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