Belah Viaduct

The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in Cumbria, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Barras and 4 miles (6.4 km) east north east of Kirkby Stephen.

It had 'double' Warren truss girders[1] on cast iron columns, and was constructed at a cost of £31,630.

[5] As two light locomotives were still needed to haul trains up the inclines of the Tebay line, one worked as a banker at the rear.

Hauling it across the viaducts required it to be spaced from the locomotive by at least three empty wagons, to distribute the load.

Charles Davis wrote a verse about the viaduct, which was buried in the central column of the eighth pier on 6 September 1859 and found during demolition.