In earlier times a bridge here crossed the Fleet, leading from Newgate, while a quarter of a mile west of the viaduct is the site of Holborn Bars, at the entrance to the City, where tolls were levied.
The name of Holborn was formerly derived from Old Bourne, a tributary of the Fleet, the valley of which is clearly seen where Holborn Viaduct crosses Farringdon Street.
The fall and rise of the road across the valley before the construction of the viaduct (1869) was abrupt and inconvenient.
Before Holborn Viaduct was built, the "Black Bull" stood just at the top of Holborn Hill, that difficult ascent which good citizens found too long, and bad ones too short.
The new Viaduct levelled all this, and made the journey far easier than that by Ludgate Hill.
Our first glimpse of Allied prisoners in their "natural habitat" occurred at a point about twenty miles inland from Brunsbuettel, where a new and very lofty railway viaduct was being thrown across the canal.
The incident--one of the most dramatic of the visit--occurred just after the Hercules had passed under the great railway viaduct which crosses the canal almost midway between Brunsbuettel and Kiel.
When Alex had covered half the distance in returning to the viaduct he began keeping a sharp lookout ahead for the returning of the Italian and his companion.
He had been up nearly all night, awaiting news from the viaduct search-party, which throughout the entire day had been scouring the nearby country for his unaccountably missing chum.
Proceeding thither in response to a message, Alex and Jack found Wilson, who had been picked up at the viaduct station, Construction Superintendent Finnan and several other Middle Western officials.
A short distance from the head of the viaduct was the green light of a small target-switch.
As the wire-stringing gang was not due to reach the viaduct before mid-afternoon, on completing his arrangements in the tent, Alex set out for a tour of his new surroundings.
On the ride to the Antelope viaduct he had noted a three-wire fence similar to this paralleling the right-of-way for several miles.
The system of constructing the viaduct is so combined as to be capable of giving passage upon the road to the rolling stock of the large lines during the stoppage of the daily passenger trains.
The viaduct is formed of independent spans supported by metallic piers that rest upon masonry foundations (Fig.
Perhaps the finest piece of masonry on the railway is the Dutton Viaduct across the valley of the Weaver.
In the course of the following year the queen opened the extensive stone viaduct across the Tweed above described, by which the last link was completed of the continuous line of railway between London and Edinburg.
A Manchester builder, who was examined, could not imagine the feat possible, unless by arching it across in the manner of a viaduct from one side to the other.
The iron piles, or pillars, on which the viaduct was supported were of great strength and much interlaced with steel rods to allow for severe buffeting in heavy gales and to take the strain of railway traffic.
Access to the Mole would entail the crossing of the viaduct by such reenforcements.
The same thing applied at Portsmouth where the Iris, the Daffodil, and the submarines destined to attack the railway viaduct at Zeebrugge were fitted out.
When first designed the open viaduct was of shorter length than that eventually constructed; the alteration was considered necessary after local experience of the silt had been obtained.
This pier was connected to the second portion, which consisted of an iron-piled railway viaduct three hundred and thirty yards in length.
It carried them by the viaduct over the Platte River and through the North Side into the country.
The taxicab swung down Fourteenth, across the viaduct to Lake Place, and from it to Federal Boulevard.
It was a good jolt, and we ran right into the middle of the viaduct and stuck there, as we intended to do.
Fifteen minutes after the Vindictive arrived alongside the mole our submarine exploded under the viaduct connecting the mole with the mainland.
Two old and valueless submarines filled with explosives were to be blown up against the viaduct connecting the mole with the shore.
When the explosion occurred the viaduct and Germans were blown up together.
The Germans had sent a considerable force to this viaduct as soon as the submarine arrived, and these men were gathered on the viaduct, attacking our submersible with machine guns.
In the course of the following year the Queen opened the extensive stone viaduct across the Tweed, above described, by which the last link was completed of the continuous line of railway between London and Edinburgh.
Similarly, when I look at a brickviaduct a mile or two off, I appear to myself to recognize its redness.
The department is served by the railways of the Orleans and Southern companies, the construction of which at some points demanded considerable engineering skill, notably in the case of the viaduct of Garabit spanning the gorge of the Truyere.
Occasionally when a navigable stream has to be crossed, a swing viaduct is necessary to allow shipping to pass.
Just below Trematon Castle, passing under a viaduct of the Great Western Railway, the creek opens out upon the broad and placid Lynher river, exactly resembling a lake, as its name implies.
At last we arrived at a broad lagune, separating the mainland from the island city, and crossed by a railway viaduct apparently about two miles long.
In spite of it the landing party got on to the mole and systematically destroyed its works, while a submarine loaded with explosives was run under the viaduct and exploded.
The plan at Ostend was simply to sink ships in the waterway; at Zeebrugge there were also to be diversions in the form of a landing on the protecting mole and the blowing up of the viaduct which connected it with the shore.
After several rounds they crossed the viaduct that unites the Villa Borghese with the Pincio gardens.
They looked back; they could see the dome of the great basilica shining in the sun; then, to one side, a little viaduct and a tower.
North London Railway, consisting wholly of viaduct and cutting, has its terminus at Broad Street, Finsbury.
At this part the train traverses eight tunnels, and crosses the valley of the Durolle by a viaduct of seven arches.
Four of the caves are above the railway, a little beyond the viaduct under the Italian custom-house, and two are just below the line close to the beach.
St. Chamas, and is well seen from the railway, especially when crossing the viaduct of 49 interlaced arches, which carry the rail over the little valley of the Touloubre.
At the low end of the town is the railway station, and at the high end the viaduct of 21 arches across the valley of the Turdine.
This station is on the left or Nice side of the river Var, at the eastern end of the viaduct over the mouth of the river.
From Asti the train descends by Villafranca, where there is a viaduct over the Standvasso, about 100 ft.
Just ahead was the railway bridge, and the viaduct over the road leading into the village.
At La Méaugon is a fine railway viaduct in two stages.
The town is spanned and dwarfed by the magnificent viaduct of the railway to Brest.
From it the grand view of Dinan with its spires and viaduct may be obtained.
A third viaduct of eleven arches took us across the Loup.
Between Théoule and Cannes the railway crosses the viaduct of the Siagne.
Beyond Saint-Paul the tramway left the road and climbed over a viaduct to Vence.
A viaduct with narrow arches carried the railway across the last ravine of the Estérel.
