Cullen, Seafield Street Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Cullen, Seafield Street Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Canmore ID 103498
Site Number NJ56NW 37
NGR NJ 51164 67181
NGR Description Centred NJ 51164 67181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Cullen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ56NW 37 5514 6716 to 5121 6720
See also NJ56NW 36, NJ56NW 38, and NJ56NW 56.
Not to be confused with Cullen, Castle Street Viaduct (NJ 5104 6711 to 5108 6713), for which see NJ56NW 38: see under this number for a general account of the two structures.
Also not to be confused with Cullen, Seatown, Cullen Burn Viaduct (NJ 5055 6726 to 5068 6716), for which see NJ56NW 36.
This viaduct is situated on the Tochieneal-Garmouth section of the Moray Firth coast line of the Great North of Scotland Rly, which opened to goods traffic on 5 April 1886 and to passengers on 1 May. Construction of the four-arch masonry structure was delayed by concern over the width of the over-street arch, resulting in the provision of two smaller arches over the pavements. The line closed to regular passenger traffic on 4 May 1968 and the viaduct remains standing.
M Smith 1994.
Photographic Survey (September 1960)
Photographic survey of the exterior of buildings in the town of Cullen, Banffshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in September 1960.
Publication Account (2007)
The harbour and town are dominated by the three now disused railway masonry viaducts with brick arch-rings completed on the Great North of Scotland Railway coastal line in 1886 under the direction of its engineer P. M. Barnett of Blyth & Cunningham. The nearest viaduct to the harbour is in two parts, one with 13 arches, and the other of eight arches passes over the Cullen Burn at a height of 77 ft.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
