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The Viaduct
Here is research and recorded comments about the Balcombe railway viaduct written by the Nature Corridor group of adults with learning disabilities.
The Balcombe viaduct was constructed in the Victorian age and it is part of our local heritage. It was restored between 1996 and 1999 and they used a lot of bricks to build it. The viaduct is on the main line going up to London from Brighton, the trains go over it one hundred times a day. When a train goes over it, it makes the bricks vibrate and shake. It is a grade II listed building and the view from the top of the viaduct is breathtaking.
Drag and drop exercise developed by the participants.
The Balcombe viaduct was constructed in the Victorian age and it is part of our local heritage. It was restored between 1996 and 1999 and they used a lot of bricks to build it. The viaduct is on the main line going up to London from Brighton, the trains go over it one hundred times a day. When a train goes over it, it makes the bricks vibrate and shake. It is a grade II listed building and the view from the top of the viaduct is breathtaking.
Drag and drop exercise developed by the participants.
The viaduct carries the London to Brighton train 100 times a day and vibrates each time. When you stand underneath it echoes.
Over the years the viaduct has been patched up using the wrong bricks even though the same bricks are still being made.
There are 37 arches in all crossing the Ouse Valley.