Aerial view of Viaduct.
SC 369061
Description Aerial view of Viaduct.
Catalogue Number SC 369061
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 49201
Scope and Content Nairn Viaduct, Clava, Inverness-shire In the 19th century, railway companies in Britain led the world in developing a new form of architecture based on engineering. The largest of their works were viaducts and bridges. The Nairn Viaduct was built by James Mitchell in 1857 for the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. It was a difficult task because the workers had to excavate a bed of solid gravel, 2-3m in depth, to get to the rock foundation. Viaducts were extensions of embankments. They were a way of using minimum land-surface. The width of land taken was only a little wider than the track. They were usually constructed from local stone. If that was not available, brick was used. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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