Bennerley Viaduct - The Victorian Railway's Best Engineering Invention!

Uncover the story of the Bennerley viaduct, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering and Britain's longest wrought iron viaduct. Built in the 1870s, this iron giant spans the Erewash valley and survived the impact of a rare Zeppelin attack during World War I
#history #engineering #architecture

[@darrensims6168]

Great nice to see you moving into more different history too

[@kieranlee1585]

Excellent

[@tango6nf477]

Yet another wasted railway route. Commencing at Burton upon Trent through Derby and on to Nottingham it created a direct route from the West Midlands to various parts of the East Midlands such as Nottingham and service towns like Ilkeston. It would now have been great value to the rail network.

[@james_baker]

nice.

[@andrek4619]

The UK officially switched to the metric system of measures in 1995. For someone, meters are better perceived than feet. 🙂

[@wossisname4540]

......for others rods, poles, perches, chains, yards, feet, and inches are perfectly acceptable and have the advantage of not being "Continental" (or foreign). It was the politicians who decided for us, as per usual -- so pleased that you approve.

[@andrek4619]

@@wossisname4540 Then it's time for you to switch back to Crowns, Shillings, Groats, Florins and Guineas.

[@kristinajendesen7111]

But our railways are still in miles, chains and yards, 80 chains to a mile (ex train driver). And of course our roads are in miles and yards, our cars are measured in mpg and the speedometers are mph. Most people still give their height in feet and inches and their weight in stones & pounds.

[@vandalsavage6152]

Yes, but the viaduct was built to imperial measurements, feet and inches. Converting imperial into metric measurements, removes some of the magic...

[@I7275-p2d]

Yes. It might make it not fit properly anymore.

[@lynnmorton7544]

2:02 What's that funny-looking road system on the left?

[@tango6nf477]

It was once an industrial works and the roads were internal within it.

[@joanneouchterlonie8166]

It was the site of Bennerley ironworks

[@grahamshaw9316]

The land was last used as a coaling plant where merry go round trains came in and out and the roads were part of the plant .

[@chris-w4n9w]

Take the dog over there most days