Westferry
View from DLR unit no. 72 with a diverted working from Bank to Stratford on the afternoon of Saturday, 3rd December 2022, nearing Westferry along the former London & Blackwall Railway viaduct of 1840, at the point where it crosses the Limehouse Cut, a short canal that links the lower reaches of the river Lea with the Thames and dating from 1769. Closed to passengers in 1926 and to freight in 1962, the viaduct lay disused until utilised by the DLR in 1987 and is now a Grade 1 Listed Structure by English Heritage.
Location: Westferry
Original line: Blackwall Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Docklands Light Railway, 2008-2023 Viaducts, used and disused, including views 2008-2023
Date: 03/12/2022
Image number: 83637
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