SUNDERLAND'S SECRET RAILWAY BRIDGE - VICTORIA VIADUCT - DURHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2023
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Today I'm showing you the history and the walk to the Victoria Viaduct, a hidden gem in Wearside!
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Good idea to tak ya wellies for plodging in the clarts .
Absolutely! It was so clarty 😂 Although I prefer plodging in the sea!
When i was a kid me and my mates would go up on the tracks next to the Viaduct and balance ballast and 2p coins on the tracks and watch trains go over them. The ballast would pop turning them to dust and the coins would curve around the track. Fun times except when getting caught off the drivers and getting shouted at lol.
Enjoying your content. I love watching where my heritage comes from as my whole family is from Sunderland. I am the only Aussie in my family Thajky You😊
I'm so pleased you love my videos 😁
The gate on the north side of the Victoria viaduct was open when I visited just over a year ago. Looks like the council have made it even harder to access the crossing recently. Such a shame it's closed to pedestrians - any idea why? My (un)educated guess is that the walls are pretty low so may increase the risk of falling over the edge. The view of Penshaw monument as you cross the bridge is stunning and it'd be great to make it accessible again.
I'm not sure! On tiktok, people commented that when the bridge was open it was very windy so perhaps it was a safety hazard or prone to people jumping off? It would be amazing to see it open again in the future 😊
@@northeastnostalgic5071 If the planned extension to the Metro comes into being the viaduct will be used to link up access to Sunderland on the old Leamside line.
I used to walk my dogs over there lots of people used to use it as a short cut between Washington and Penshaw.
Do you know about the concrete crocodiles lazing on the river Bank at Fatfield? South side of bridge, take upstreamn path between houses and river. About 200m along you should see them. My understanding is they are from the lake that used to be outside the now redeveloped swimming pool at the galleries/ top end of Princess Anne park (Which starts across the river from there)
And while talking about the galleries...what happened to the lambton worm clock.
omg we can only imagine these days the hardness of the men who built our bridges... but don't forget the wonderful women behind them who made it all possible...
Oh absolutely!😁
Sorry but being Washington born and bred I disagree that Fatfeld, Washington and Penshaw are part of sunderland. We might be under their council these days, but that's all. I like the video though as I know the area very, very well.
The area you were walking on the Penshaw side was a hive of industry 100+ years ago with stone from Penshaw quarry coming down the tunnels to be loaded in barges. Plus all the coal staithes a bit further up at Fatfield. There was also a small settlement just past the viaduct called Low Lambton, all long gone.
On the Washington side, just by the bridge was North Biddick colliery which closed in the 1930's. Quite a few of my family worked there right up until closure.
When I was a kid in the 1970s you could walk across the bridge, dangerous to do though as trains still.occasionally crossed up until the 80's. Used to get the Edinburgh to London 125 trains crossing on a Sunday too. On a rare visit back home about a year ago I walked the area again and was sad to see the barriers, not massively surprised though.
Lovely to see you over here.
Thank you!😊 Hopefully my videos will get longer and much more interesting as I get used to TH-cam's platform!
have you done a vid on causey arch the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world
I haven't! I have just been to Tanfield Railway though so I'll have to go back and film Causey Arch 🙂
It's hardly a secret you can see it miles away
I didn't know about it and I've lived on Wearside all my life 😂
@@northeastnostalgic5071 Me neither... and I'm in my 60's 🤪😂
You can just about see it when your near penshaw monument other than that no you can't see it from miles away.