On Monday 1st June 1857, the Crumlin Viaduct was officially opened.
Crumlin viaduct was hailed as 'one of the most significant examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution'. It was the highest railway viaduct in Britain and only the Aqueduct of Spoleto in Italy and the Portage Timber Viaduct in the United States were higher anywhere else in the world.
However, as a result of the report by Dr Reginald Beeching, for British Railways in 1963, over 2,000 stations and a quarter of Britain's railway lines were closed. This included the Crumlin Viaduct, which carried its last passenger train on 13th June 1964. Interestingly, during its demolition, it was used as a location for the film 'Arabesque, starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren.
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