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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 578231
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578231
This massive wall adjoining the A76(T) road was built in ca.1848 to accommodate the railway high above on the
steep slope down to the Nith which flows immediately below the road. The track is supported on stone backfill
behind and near the top of the wall.
This railway, built in competition with the Caledonian Railway line over Beattock summit, was opened in 1850.
Miller was the engineer. The resident engineer and contractor were probably the same as for the tunnel.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
