Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 578286
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578286
The 1400 yd long tunnel, one of the heaviest works and the ‘key to the whole line’, was required to be on an alternative route to the Nith valley to meet the requirements of the Duke of Buccleugh that the railway should be at a distance from Drumlanrig Castle and Park. The tunnel proved to be an engineering challenge
beyond the skills of Brown & Oliver who, in 1848, found it expedient to enter into an arrangement with Thomas
Campbell, an expert tunnelling contractor, who successfully completed the contract for the Drumlanrig section
of the line by October 1850. The number of men at work on this section in 1847 was 600. Miller was the engineer and Deas the resident engineer.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
