Findhorn Viaduct (Tomatin)
57°20′05″N 3°59′05″W / 57.33472°N 3.98472°W
Findhorn Viaduct | |
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.jpg) The Findhorn Viaduct | |
| Coordinates | 57°20′03″N 3°58′59″W / 57.3342°N 3.98307°W |
| Carries | Railway |
| Crosses | River Findhorn |
| Heritage status | Category B listed building |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Rubble piers and latticed steel girders |
| History | |
| Architect | Murdoch Paterson and John Folwer |
| Construction end | 1897 |
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The Findhorn Viaduct is a railway bridge approximately 500 metres east of the village of Tomatin in the Scottish Highlands, which carries the Perth to Inverness railway line over the valley of the River Findhorn.[1]
The bridge was designed and built for the Highland Railway between 1894 and 1897 by Murdoch Paterson,[2] their chief engineer, and John Folwer,[3][1] who also worked on the design of the Forth Rail Bridge.[4] It was opened to traffic on 19 July 1897.[2]
The bridge consists of nine lattice girder spans, constructed with double warren steel trusses, similar to those used by Fowler on the Forth Rail Bridge,[3] held up by slender, tapering[5] piers of tooled rubble.[3] Curving gently across the valley,[6] with an overall length of roughly 405 metres and standing 43 metres above the level of the river,[5] it is described as 'spectacular' by Benedict Le Vay.[7]
The bridge, which is still in active use,[2] was designated a Category B listed building in 1971.[3] It shares its name with another Findhorn Viaduct which crosses the same river near the town of Forres in Moray.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Findhorn Viaduct". Gazetteer for Scotland. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "MHG2801 - Findhorn Viaduct, Tomatin". Highland Historic Environment Record. The Highland Council. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Historic Environment Scotland. "Tomatin, Railway Viaduct over River Findhorn (LB14893)". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "History of the Forth Bridge". forth-bridges.co.uk. Forth Bridges Forum. 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
the momentum for a crossing had grown and a new design, by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, was submitted to the Forth Bridge Company in May 1881, with construction authorised by Parliament in July 1882.
- ^ a b "Tomatin, Railway Viaduct". CANMORE. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Banerjee, Jacqueline. "Findhorn Viaduct, Tomatin, Scottish Highlands". The Victorian Web. The Victorian Web. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Le Vay, Benedict (2014). Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide (2nd ed.). Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd. p. 44. ISBN 9781784771089. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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