Desk Based Assessment
Date 4 September 2017
Event ID 1026935
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1026935
Wolfclyde railway viaduct was built after the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1858, opening in 1860. The viaduct, which is located 130m downstream from the Wolfclyde Bridge (NT03NW 112), ran for 110m over a 38m span of the River Clyde. It was acquired by the Caledonian Railway in 1861, with the line extended to reach Peebles in 1864. The line closed to passengers in 1950, and completely by 1966. Today only the piers of the viaduct remain, four of single track width standing on land to the west of the River Clyde, and three of double track width in the river itself, perhaps reflecting the unrealised ambition to expand the line from one to two tracks.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 4 September 2017.
