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Mottram moor, north west England.
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Arten Gill Viaduct

Arten Gill viaduct was constructed in 'Dent marble' — a dark limestone with high fossil content. It has eleven almost semi-circular segmented arches, which span 13.7m each and have a radius of 7m. At its highest point, it carries the rails at 35.7m above water level. John Sydney Crossley designed it as part his work on the whole railway. He was chief engineer to the Midland Railway, the builders of the line.
The viaduct's piers are tapered, with prominent springings for the arches. Two sets of widened piers, which are designed to prevent progressive collapse should one of the arches fail, divide the viaduct into sections of two, three and six spans. The foundations of several of the piers are sunk 16.8m below the river bed onto bed rock. The parapets are of solid masonry and the viaduct is 201m long. The date “1875” can be seen on the arch to the north of Arten Gill.
The viaduct is most impressive on the skyline, particularly when approached from below along a rough farm track up the side of the hill from Stone Houses, half way between Dent Head and Cowgill.

The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of Eurasia and North America. It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed crest. Its wings are patterned with white and bright yellow, and some feather tips have the red waxy appearance that give this species its English name. The three subspecies show only minor differences in appearance. Females are similar to males, although young birds are less well-marked and have few or no waxy wingtips. Although the Bohemian waxwing's range overlaps those of the cedar and Japanese waxwings, it is easily distinguished from them by size and plumage differences.