{"id":61999,"date":"2010-01-15T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61999"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T19:13:37","slug":"staithes-viaduct-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61999","title":{"rendered":"Staithes Viaduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6340\" height=\"4395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58086\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3734939759036144;width:733px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a.jpg 6340w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a-433x300.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a-150x104.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img967-a-1a-400x277.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6340px) 100vw, 6340px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Staithes Viaduct, with a local commuter train, powered by a British Railways \u201cStandard\u201d tank engine.&nbsp; This photograph was probably taken towards the end of the line\u2019s existence, a two carriage train indicating the decline of rail traffic as&nbsp;increased fares&nbsp;and better road links caused migration away from the railways. Simon Chapman advised the Archive: &#8220;All that remains now are the concrete piers that supported the steelwork. In view is the stone abutment which supported the west end. The east end abutment, also of stone, was demolished.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and the David Liddle Collection, thanks again to&nbsp;Simon Chapman for the last piece of information<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staithes Viaduct, with a local commuter train, powered by a British Railways \u201cStandard\u201d tank engine.&nbsp; This photograph was probably taken towards the end of the line\u2019s existence, a two carriage train indicating the decline of rail traffic as&nbsp;increased fares&nbsp;and better road links caused migration away from the railways. Simon Chapman advised the Archive: &#8220;All [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-viaducts","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61999"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79252,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61999\/revisions\/79252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}