Banavie Railway Swing Bridge, Level Crossing And Signal Box
Level Crossing (20th Century), Signal Box (20th Century)
Site Name Banavie Railway Swing Bridge, Level Crossing And Signal Box
Classification Level Crossing (20th Century), Signal Box (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Banavie Swing Bridge; Railway Swing Bridge
Canmore ID 159838
Site Number NN17NW 19.01
NGR NN 1128 7678
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/159838
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Swing Bridge, engineers Simpson & Wilson, opened 1901 Hand operated, it carries the railway to Mallaig over the canal on a massive steel bowed truss. The wooden signal box nearby (which now controls the whole West Highland Line) is a 1980s replica of the original (station demolished).
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk