Category Archives: Solway Viaduct & Railway

Snippets 13: “A hare in a fix”

Posted on June 16, 2017 by solwayshorewalker

The polar bear on the ice-floe is the iconic image of climate change and the warming of our seas. Here on the Solway Firth nearly 140 years ago, the climate had changed in the other direction – towards a bitter … Continue reading →

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The Solway viaduct

Posted on July 26, 2016 by solwayshorewalker

(Note: for a longer and fuller account of the design, construction and demolition of the Solway Junction Railway and viaduct, a research project by myself and James Smith and supported with funding from the Solway Wetlands Partnership and the Heritage … Continue reading →

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