Standing Building Recording

Date October 2011 - April 2012

Event ID 1014454

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014454

Situated to the east of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, this Grade B Listed

viaduct was constructed in c.1849 to cross the River Tweed for the North

British Railway and formed the first part of the line from Edinburgh to

Carlisle. Also known as the Tweed or Redbridge Viaduct, it is constructed of squared sandstone rubble with ashlar voussoirs on its segmental arches. The piers comprise rusticated sandstone with boat-shaped cutwaters on the upstream and down stream sides. The parapet is constructed of sandstone with ashlar copings.

The viaduct is approached along embankments on both sides of the river; the 1972 Ordnance Survey map depicts a massive stone abutment to the west of the stream, while the viaduct also crosses a track to the east of the river.

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