Dunglass Viaduct View from ground level along side of arch showing incised ornament on buttress
SC 433662
Description Dunglass Viaduct View from ground level along side of arch showing incised ornament on buttress
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 433662
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Dunglass Viaduct, Dunglass, Berwickshire and East Lothian This is one of Scotland's finest early railway viaducts, built for the North British Railway's main line from Edinburgh to Berwick. Like the later and larger Ballochmyle Viaduct, by the same engineer, John Miller, it has a large central span. This view shows the main span of the viaduct from the north west. The massiveness of the piers on either side of the large span is disguised by the pilasters with their incised linear decoration. The ashlar pilasters contrast with the other masonry. This viaduct was opened in 1846, and was one of the finest railway structures built up to that date. The central span is 41.1m long and there are two smaller spans on one side and three on the other. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/75/2
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