Aberdeen, Ferryhill Railway Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Ferryhill Railway Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Riverside Drive; Ferryhill Junction, Railway Viaduct Over River Dee
Canmore ID 20270
Site Number NJ90SW 30
NGR NJ 94299 04330
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90SW 30 94299 04330
Architects: Messrs Locke & Errington. 1850.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NJ 943 043). Viaduct, built c. 1850 for the Aberdeen Rly. An 11-span viaduct, with 6 main spans consisting of steel trusses (formerly wooden arches) on masonry piers, and 5 approach spans (4 of which are semicircular-arched).
J R Hume 1977.
This viaduct carries the main line (formerly of the Caledonian Rly.) from the south into Aberdeen across the River Dee. It remains in regular use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 1997.
NJ 9426 0437 Wooden pilings.
D I Harding 1997.
