Horseshoe Curve, South Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Horseshoe Curve, South Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Horseshoe No. 1; Beinn Odhar; Beinn Dorain; Allt Coralan; Gleann Coralan
Canmore ID 103538
Site Number NN33NW 10
NGR NN 3365 3555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103538
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN33NW 10 3365 3555
Viaduct [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.
This viaduct was built by Formans & McCall of Glasgow (engineers), Lucas & Aird of London (contractors) and Alexander Findlay & Co of Motherwell (steelworkers) to carry the West Highland Rly (a subsidiary of the North British Rly) across the Allt Coralan; it opened on 11 August 1894, and remains in use. It is of lattice girder type and is built on a curve of 15 chains radius. Its length of 318 ft (97m) includes five spans of 60 ft (18.3m) and it was built by extending the girders on booms over the piers.
M Smith 1994.
