Bennerley Viaduct is a former railway bridge, now a foot and cycle bridge, in central England, between the town of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and the village of Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. It was completed in 1877 and opened in 1878 to carry the Great Northern Railway's Derbyshire Extension over the valley of the River Erewash. The site required a bespoke design as the ground would not support a traditional masonry structure. The viaduct consists of 16 spans of lattice truss girders made of wrought iron, carried on 15 wrought-iron piers supported by brick and ashlar bases. It is 60 feet (18 m) high, 26 feet (7.9 m) wide between the parapets, and over a quarter of a mile (400 metres) long. It was once part of a chain of bridges and embankments carrying the railway for 2 miles (3 km) across the valley. Its working life was uneventful except for minor damage inflicted by a Zeppelin bombing raid during World War I. It opened to the public as part of a cycling and walking route in January 2022.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1878:

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore (poster featured) premiered at the Opera Comique in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore

1955:

Joe Brown and George Band, members of the British Kangchenjunga expedition, made the first ascent of the world's third-highest mountain but deliberately did not set foot on the summit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_British_Kangchenjunga_expedition

1979:

During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that killed 273 people, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191

2013:

Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing at least 27 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Naxal_attack_in_Darbha_valley

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

glance: 1. (transitive) 2. To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly. 3. To look briefly at (something). 4. To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle. 5. (also figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely. 6. (ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction. 7. (cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler). 8. (figuratively) To communicate (something) using the eyes. 9. (obsolete) 10. To touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze. 11. To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable). 12. (intransitive) 13. (also figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. 14. (cricket) To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner. 15. (ichthyology) Of certain juvenile fish, chiefly of the Cichlidae family: to rapidly touch the side of its parent's body, usually to feed on mucus. 16. Of light, etc.: to gleam, to sparkle. 17. Of a thing: to move in a way that catches light, and flash or glitter. 18. (figuratively) 19. Often followed by at: of the eyes or a person: to look briefly. 20. Often followed by at: of a topic: to make an incidental or passing reflection on, often unfavourably; to allude to; to hint at. 21. (obsolete) 22. Followed by by: to pass near without coming into contact. 23. To move quickly; to dart, to shoot. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glance

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We are all born with a mission, a purpose, that only we can fulfill. When you live with a joyful sense of purpose, when you infuse your life with a greater purpose beyond your individual self, every aspect of your karma can become a brilliant facet of your mission. You can transform sorrow and adversity of any sort into joy, stability, health, and prosperity. By changing poison into medicine and accomplishing your inner revolution, you can use every experience of karma to encourage others who suffer from the same problems that you overcame. You can become an ambassador of hope, an essential and radiant treasure of humanity, in which you recognize that all who have ever lived are members of your extended family. As you continue to spread light in this way, actively doing good in the world, that energy will come back to you in abundant positivity. When you refuse to perpetuate any bad that has been done to you, you can free yourself from the chains of negativity.   --Tina Turner https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tina_Turner