Killiecrankie Viaduct

Category

Library Item

Item no

25055

Title

Killiecrankie Viaduct, 10 arches of 35 feet span on a curve of 20 chains radius. Total length of bridge 502 feet.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1864

Size

25.0 x 40.0 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Photographs by Whyte & Co, Inverness. Engineer of Highland railway bridges, Joseph Mitchell.
Killiecrankie Viaduct was completed in 1863 and designed by engineer Joseph Mitchell. It is made up of ten tall arches and it has castellated refuges at the ends and in the centre. It remains in use today leading directly into a tunnel.
Find out more about Killiecrankie Viaduct from Historic Environment Scotland Canmore website.

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