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Craigellachie, Spey Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Craigellachie, Spey Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Craigellachie Bridge; River Spey; Great North Of Scotland Railway
Canmore ID 103325
Site Number NJ24NE 28
NGR NJ 29146 45348
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103325
- Council Moray
- Parish Aberlour
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ24NE 28 2914 4534
This bridge was one of three major river crossings on the Craigellachie-Nethy Bridge section of the Speyside line of the Great North of Scotland Rly, which opened on 1 July 1863. The line closed completely on 4 November 1968, this bridge was subsequently demolished.
M Smith 1994.
This bridge formerly carried the Elgin-Craigellachie branch line of the Great North of Scotland Rly. across the River Spey, which here formed the boundary between the parishes of Aberlour (Banff) and Rothes (Moray).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 June 1996.
Publication Account (2007)
Craigellachie Viaduct, now demolished, carried the Great North of Scotland Railway from Elgin to Dufftown over the Spey. It had four spans, three of 57 ft and one of 200 ft over the main channel, and a clear headroom 20 ft above mean water level which allowed the passage of rafts of logs. The viaduct was of wrought-iron, the shorter spans being plate girders 5 ft deep and the main span lattice girders were 17 ft deep overall.
The engineers were J. Samuel and W. H. Mills, and the contractor for the ironwork was Mackenzie, Clunes and Holland of Worcester. The bridge was completed in 1863 and cost £12 199. The line between Craigellachie and Rothes was closed in 1968.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
