Yarm is dominated by a 43-arch railway viaduct, extending the Leeds and Thirsk railway from Northallerton to Stockton and Hartlepool. Construction work lasted from 1848 at 1852 and this gigantic enterprise produced a series of impressive statistics. The forty-three arches span 760 yards and include 7.5 million bricks and 139,000 cubic feet of stone. A stone tablet positioned in an arch above the river records the achievements of Thomas Grainger and John Bourne in designing the viaduct. Most of the arches are of brick, but those over the river are stone.
This is just one of those arches and crosses Bridge Street. Through the arch can be seen some of the houses which do much to add to the charm and character of Yarm.
The other thing you can see through this arch are cars parked on both sides of the road. Sadly, Yarm seems to have far too much traffic for the road space available, with a constant slow moving queue through the Market Place. Yarm isn't alone in having far too many cars, but it's particularly sad in a town which otherwise has so much character.
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I hope you've enjoyed this mini tour of Yarm. Katharine and I found it a very interesting place on our first visit there - we have previously only seen the town as we have crossed the viaduct on a train to somewhere else, so it was a good chance to explore somewhere new to us.
Tell Katharine I do n`t visit , I live in it. A ten min. walk and all around.
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I hope you've enjoyed this mini tour of Yarm. Katharine and I found it a very interesting place on our first visit there - we have previously only seen the town as we have crossed the viaduct on a train to somewhere else, so it was a good chance to explore somewhere new to us.
Ian