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Cargill Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Cargill Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Tay; Ballathie And Cargill Viaduct
Canmore ID 28581
Site Number NO13NW 26
NGR NO 14951 37168
NGR Description From NO 14864 37160 to NO 15039 37175
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28581
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Cargill
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13NW 26 from 14864 37160 to 15039 37175
(Location cited as NO 141 372). Viaduct, opened 1848 by the Scottish Midland Junction Rly. A five-span bridge with parallel steel trusses on the masonry piers of a wooden viaduct, rebuilt c.1890.
J R Hume 1977.
This viaduct formerly carried the Perth - Coupar Angus - Kinnaber Junction ('Strathmore') main line of the former Caledonian Rly over the River Tay. The line is disused but the viaduct remains standing.
The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Cargill and Kinclaven.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 November 1998 and 22 August 2000.
