Camps Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Camps Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mineral Railway Viaduct; River Almond; Almondell Country Park
Canmore ID 49044
Site Number NT06NE 19
NGR NT 08618 68410
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49044
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Kirknewton (West Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
Camps Viaduct carried a branch of the North British Railway serving James Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company at Pumpherston on nine segmented brick arches.
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
NT06NE 19 08618 68410
The viaduct carries a minor railway line across the River Almond within the area of Almondell Country Park. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Mid Calder (to the NW) and Kirknewton (to the SE).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 May 2006.
