Findhorn Viaduct - Tomatin, Scotland
N 57° 20.091 W 003° 59.123
30V E 440679 N 6355090
The Findhorn Viaduct, not to be confused with the nearby Tomatin Railway Viaduct or the Findhorn Viaduct in Forres, is a railroad truss bridge in Tomatin, Scotland.
Waymark Code: WMMD1C
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/02/2014
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"This building is in the Highland Council and the Moy And Dalarossie Parish. It is a category B building and was listed on 05/10/1971.
Description
John Fowler and Murdoch Paterson 1897. 9-span steel lattice-girder bridge carried on tall slender tooled rubble piers, a pair of which are in the River Findhorn and have rounded cutwaters. End masonry abutments with paired narrow round-headed arch rings; viaduct on slight curve. Overall length: 445 yards (405m).
Notes
Built by the Highland Railway. A fine example of a lattice-girder railway viaduct. Constructed with double-warren steel trusses. Similar construction is to be found at Larkhall viaduct, and, more notably, the Forth Rail Bridge, which Fowler was also involved with. Murdoch Paterson was appointed architect to the Highland Railway in 1874."
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"Opened to traffic 19.7.1897. (Undated) information in NMRS. (Location cited as NH 806 288). Findhorn Viaduct, Tomatin: opened in 1897 by the Highland Rly. A 9-span structure with steel trusses supported on slender masonry piers, 1335 ft (407m) long. J R Hume 1977. Findhorn viaduct, by John Fowler and Murdoch Paterson, 1894-7. The curved railway viaduct is over 400m long, and stands 43m above the river. Nine spans of steel lattice girders on tapering stone piers. J Gifford 1992. This viaduct was designed by Murdoch Paterson to carry the (Aviemore-Carr Bridge-Inverness) Direct Line of the Highland Rly across the River Findhorn. It opened on 19 July 1897, and remains in use. M Smith 1994. This viaduct carries the Aviemore-Inverness 'direct' main line of the former Highland Rly over Strathdearn and the River Findhorn to the SE of Tomatin. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic. The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the structure; the river crosses under the viaduct some distance to the NW of this."
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