Opening of the 105 ft (32 m) high 1,255 ft (383 m) long North Rode viaduct on 1 June 1848[1] The railway crosses the River Dane north of Congleton
A gravure illustration of the opening of the North Rode Viaduct on June 1, 1848. A large group of people in Victorian costume gather at the railway bridge crossing the River Dane in North Staffordshire.