Mains Ballast Quarry
In the Resident Engineer's report books, kept at the National Records of Scotland, there are descriptions of the planning and setting up of temporary quarries which were used to supply broken rock for ballasting the permanent way. This Ordnance Survey 6†map shows the location of one such quarry. Added by Charlie Niven. Used with permission of the National Library of Scotland. maps.nls.uk/copyright.html
Location: Mains Ballast Quarry (former)
Original line: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Photographer: National Library of Scotland
Contact photographer: National Library of Scotland
Date: 12/05/2020
Image number: 73051
