Kirkliston, Almond Valley Viaduct Distant view from SSE showing curved SSW front
SC 613117
Description Kirkliston, Almond Valley Viaduct Distant view from SSE showing curved SSW front
Date 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 613117
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Almond Valley Viaduct, Kirkliston, Edinburgh This viaduct was completed in 1842 for the opening of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, and was designed by John Miller, engineer. It is the longest viaduct on the line, and has 36 arches, each of 15.2m span. This shows the viaduct from the south-east. As can be seen, the viaduct is on a curve. In the background are heaps of spent shale, left after the recovery of oil. Those on the left are at Broxburn, while the one on the right is at Winchburgh. This viaduct, like others on the line, was originally built with internal walls supporting the rails, with hollows in between. In the 1960s these voids were filled in with lightweight concrete to allow speed restrictions on the line to be lifted. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H69/520/1B
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