Ballindalloch Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Ballindalloch Viaduct (1863-1968)Opened on the Strathspey Railway.
Description
This is a single track viaduct crossing the River Spey with a 198ft lattice girder and short plate bridges at either end. The train ran through the lattice. Craigellachie Bridge (now demolished) was of a similar design.
The engineers for the line was Alexander Gibb and manufacturer of the bridge George McFarlane, commemorated by rather ornate builders plates at either end ('1863 - G. McFarlane - Engineer - Dundee').
The viaduct now carries the Speyside Way .
The footpath over the bridge was closed during a major overhaul in 2012.
The name Ballindalloch Viaduct is now used, but prior to the railway's opening this name referred more to Ballindalloch Castle and its environs (to the east). The name Balnellan Viaduct was originally used (the nearby ford of the river and a house).
Tags
Viaduct lattice girder River SpeyAliases
Balnellan ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Listing: A
| Nearby stations Ballindalloch Blacksboat Advie [1st] Advie [2nd] Gilbey^s Cottage Halt Knockando Knockando House Halt Imperial Cottages Halt Carron Dalvey [2nd] Dalvey Farm Halt Dailuaine Halt Aberlour Cromdale Craigellachie [2nd] | Ballindalloch Timber Siding Bridge of Carron Tourist/other Cragganmore Distillery Ballindalloch Castle Ballindalloch Distillery Tormore Distillery Glenfarclas Distillery Knockando Distillery Tamdhu Distillery Cardhu Distillery Knockando House Dalmunach Distillery Dailuaine Distillery Glenlivet Distillery Aberlour Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
