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Harringworth viaduct crosses the valley of the River Welland between Harringworth in Northamptonshire and Seaton in Rutland. The viaduct is 1,275 yards long and has 82 arches, each with a 40 feet span. It is the longest viaduct across a valley in the United Kingdom. Built by the contractor Lucas and Aird, a total of 30 million bricks were used in the viaduct's construction. It was completed in 1878. The viaduct is on the Oakham to Kettering line between Corby and Manton Junction, where it joins the Leicester to Peterborough line. It is listed Grade II.

Calcining kilns at the Wakerley iron ore quarries, which were active only from 1916-21 as the ore proved to be of a lower quality than had been hoped. Wakerley quarry was owned by the Partington Iron & Steel Co, the ore going to its Irlam Steel Works in Manchester. Calcining at the quarry made the ore cheaper to transport.

The limestone quarry at Wakerley does not appear on the 1886 OS map, yet is shown as quite extensive by 1900. By then there were twelve kilns scattered in an area running parallel to the railway. Today there are four kilns remaining plus vestiges of another. The bowls of the kilns are with one exception wide and shallow whilst the draw tunnels are semi-circular brick structures with a flat ceiling comprising steel bars with flat stone above.

The limestone quarry at Wakerley does not appear on the 1886 OS map, yet is shown as quite extensive by 1900. By then there were twelve kilns scattered in an area running parallel to the railway. Today there are four kilns remaining plus vestiges of another. The bowls of the kilns are with one exception wide and shallow whilst the draw tunnels are semi-circular brick structures with a flat ceiling comprising steel bars with flat stone above.

The limestone quarry at Wakerley does not appear on the 1886 OS map, yet is shown as quite extensive by 1900. By then there were twelve kilns scattered in an area running parallel to the railway. Today there are four kilns remaining plus vestiges of another. The bowls of the kilns are with one exception wide and shallow whilst the draw tunnels are semi-circular brick structures with a flat ceiling comprising steel bars with flat stone above.