Bower
Location type
StationName and dates
Bower (1874-1960)Opened on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station located on the south side of the line.
The goods yard was a siding at the west end, approached from the east, on the south side and with a loading bank.
The signal box, opened in 1894, was at the west end of the platform. The box closed in 1949, replaced by a ground frame.
The station closed in 1960 and the siding was removed in 1965, but the line remains open.
The station building remains in use as a house. Bower itself is quite distant to the north.
Bower is the area to the north of the station. To the east the line passes Loch Watten on the north side and continues on to Wick.
To the west the line reaches Georgemas Junction.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
02/09/2019
| Nearby stations Georgemas Junction Hoy Watten Halkirk Bilbster Scotscalder Thurso Wick Thrumster Welsh^s Crossing Halt Ulbster Mid Clyth Parkside Halt Roster Road Halt Occumster | Georgemas Trolley Shed Georgemas Snowblower Spittal Mains Quarry River Thurso Viaduct [Halkirk] River Thurso Viaduct [Todholes] Olgrinbeg Peat Powerstation (here?) Thurso Shed Balloch Railway Cottage Bridge of Wester Scrabster Harbour Tourist/other Loch Watten Dunnet Bay Loch of Wester North Coast Visitors Centre Thurso Bay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 28/07/1874 | Sutherland and Caithness Railway Line opened from Helmsdale (Duke of Sutherland's Railway) to Wick with stations at Salzcraggie (Private), Kildonan, Kinbrace, Forsinard, Altnabreac, Scotscalder, Halkirk, Georgemas Junction, Hoy, Thurso, Bower, Watten, Bilbster and Wick. |
| 13/06/1960 | Sutherland and Caithness Railway Halkirk, Bower, Watten and Bilbster closed. |
Books
 Highland Survivor |
