Balder Viaduct

The viaduct (and another structure on the same line over the River Lune) cost £5,000 each () and were both designed by Alexander Nimmo and Thomas MacNay. Biddle described the viaduct as "a graceful, lofty grey limestone viaduct, nine thirty-foot segmental arches, 100 ft high, similar to the Lune Viaduct on the same line." The line and its viaducts opened to traffic in 1868, though in 1877, the whole parapet had to be reset due to one of the spandrils at the southern end giving way. Each of the arches is built with sandstone and finished with a row of firebricks. Some ten years after its opening, local rumour which extended to press reports, claimed the viaduct was unsafe. In 1879, the…