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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 679921
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/679921
NN95SE 23 96863 51816
Not to be confused with railway viaduct over the River Tummel at Ballinluig (NN 9761 5208), for which see NN95SE 18.
This viaduct was designed by Joseph Mitchell to carry the [Aberfeldy branch of the] Inverness and Perth Junction Rly across the River Tay and opened on 9 September 1863 at a cost of ?13,772; it remains in use. It is of lattice girder type on cast iron piers and measures 420 ft (128m) in overall length and 49 ft (14.9m) in height; it comprises two spans of 137 ft (41.8m) and another two of 41 ft 6 ins (12.7m). The cylindrical piers measure 8 ft (2.4m) in diameter and are weighed down with masonry rubble filled with Portland cement, the additional side spans being added as a protection against damage from floodwater.
M Smith 1994.
This bridge spans the River Tay, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Logierait and Little Dunkeld. It remains in use for private road traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 1996.
