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09 COUNTY DURHAM CAUSEY WOODS

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Said to be the oldest surviving single arched railway bridge in the world, Causey Arch was built between 1725 and 1726 by stonemason Ralph Wood. It carried a dual waggonway connecting Tanfield Colliery with the River Tyne, although its use

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