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Annan, Railway Viaducts
Railway Viaduct(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Annan, Railway Viaducts
Classification Railway Viaduct(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Annan; Annan Viaduct; Port Street, Viaduct
Canmore ID 66551
Site Number NY16NE 95
NGR NY 18696 66324
NGR Description NY 18696 66324 and NY 18889 66298
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66551
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY16NE 95 18696 66324 and 18889 66298
Glasgow and South-Western Rly.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NY 187 663). Opened 1848 by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Rly. A 6-span viaduct over the River Annan, with 5 main arches and a smaller approach arch on the E side, all segmental. The arch rings are of dressed stone and the spandrels of coursed rubble. To the E is a 4-span viaduct with three semicircular arches and a segmental arch over a road.
J R Hume 1976.
Two viaducts, built in 1848. The longer is over the Annan, with five main arches and one smaller; all segmental-headed. Shorter viaduct over Port Street; four arches built on a skew.
J Gifford 1996.
NY16NE 95 18696 66324 and 18889 66298
Historic Scotland - Delisted 3.10.2000.
