Uddingston, New Clyde Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Uddingston, New Clyde Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Clyde; Chapel Eddy
Canmore ID 277772
Site Number NS66SE 63.01
NGR NS 6880 6089
NGR Description NS c. 6880 8089
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Bothwell (Hamilton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SE 63.01 c. 6880 6089
For predecessor viaduct (adjacent to S), see NS 66SE 63.00.
Formerly entered as NS66SE 156.
The steel-truss replacement [of NS66SE 63] is, also supported on masonry piers, and is immediately downstream.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct carries the Motherwell - Glasgow portion of the (London, Euston - Glasgow) West Coast Main Line (WCML) across the River Clyde between Uddingston and Newton, at a location named Chapel Eddy. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Bothwell (to the E) and Hamilton (to the W).
The location assigned to this record is derived from that of the predecessor. The new viaduct cannot be distinguished on the available maps, and may reuse the earlier piers. It was presumably built in the early 1970's, as part of the pre-electrification reconstruction of the northern part of the WCML.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2005.
Vertical air photographs record a new viaduct immediately N of NS66SE 63.00, and apparently set on the same piers. The nature of its construction is not apparent, but the trackbed has been realigned and the line electrified.
This viaduct presumably dates from the early 1970's, when the WCML was electrified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 December 2005.
Imagery: SDD/Fairey 7825 1 087-6, flown 26 August 1978.
