View showing train crossing viaduct

Description View showing train crossing viaduct

Date 1/8/1966

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 679511

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Ballochmyle Viaduct, East Ayrshire This extraordinary viaduct was built for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway between 1846 and 1848. It was designed by John Miller, probably the finest railway viaduct designer. The central span of the viaduct is 55.2m long, the longest masonry railway arch ever made. This shows the enormous central arch from the west, with a freight train crossing it, giving an impression of the size of the arch. This design was possible because the River Ayr is at this point in a deep gorge between cliffs of hard red sandstone, which was used to build the bridge. This bridge was, notionally, on the Cumnock branch of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway, but this branch was designed to line up with the Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway. When they met, in a field near Cumnock, they united to form the Glasgow & South Western Railway. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/66/25/7

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