Crossing the Moss 2015-16

The Solway Junction Railway that was built across the raised peatbog of Bowness Common in the 19thC – the plan, the digging, a mystery about the navvies; damage to the bog, the eventual removal of the railway, and the conservation work re-wetting the peatlands; the construction and demolition of the Solway Viaduct. With photographer James Smith and funded by the Solway Wetlands Landscape Partnership and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The words, pictures, maps and video can be found here.