Avon Viaduct View from W showing SSW front
SC 613143
Description Avon Viaduct View from W showing SSW front
Date 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 613143
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Avon Viaduct, Linlithgow, West Lothian This viaduct was completed in 1842 for the opening of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, and was designed by John Miller, engineer. It is the second longest viaduct on the line, and has 23 arches, each of 15.2m span. This shows the viaduct from the south-west. Note that it is constructed entirely of polished sandstone ashlar. The sides of the arches (spandrels) have been strengthened with strapping made of old rails. This viaduct, like the 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 H69/523/1B
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