Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 610018
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/610018
In 1885 the Alloa Railway crossed the Forth five miles upstream by means of a single track 1615 ft long viaduct
with 15 wrought-iron lattice bow-girder spans of 68 ft, two of 80 ft, one of 100 ft and two opening spans of 60 ft
clear. It was designed by Crouch & Hogg. The contractorswere Watt & Wilson and the ironwork was executed by P. & W. MacLellan. The bridge was demolished in 1971.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
