Viaducts, Violence and Victory: How Rival Railways Fought for Cleveland

The old viaduct at Slapewath stands forlorn and overgrown. It looks peaceful now. Built in 1861 by the Cleveland Railway, it sat at the centre of one of the fiercest railway battles in the north of England.

By the time the Middlesbrough & Guisbroug ...

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