Folkestone Viaduct, Victorian era Railway Collectable

The imperious Foord Valley Railway Viaduct in Folkestone, was built during the Golden Age of the railway. The Victorian engineer Sir William Cubitt is credited with inventing many contraptions, including the self-regulating windmill. However, his work with South Eastern Railways as engineer-in-chief enabled public transport to reach all corners of the country.

In 1843, Cubitt blew off the face of the Round Down Cliff between Folkestone and Dover with a massive gunpowder-fueled explosion. This gave him the space to run a railway line along the coast, in a tunnel through the cliffs, to engineer the viaduct over Foord Road, as well as the Harbour viaduct!

The viaduct is a reminder of the transformative impact of the railway on transportation and commerce at the time, it features a series of arches, typical of many railway viaducts built during the Victorian era. The Folkestone Viaduct remains a part of the railway infrastructure in the region

170th anniversary Folkestone postmark 18.12.2013.