 More than a hundred workers lost their lives in construction-related accidents, fighting, or from outbreaks of smallpox.According to Church of England records, there are around 200 burials of men, women, and children in the graveyard at Chapel-le-Dale and the church has a memorial to the railway workers.In December 1872, the design for Ribblehead Viaduct was changed from 18 arches to 24, each spanning .