Dawsholm Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Dawsholm Tunnel (1896-1920)Description
This is a disused single track cut-and-cover tunnel located between Dawsholm (to the east) and the Temple Gas Works. The Kelvindale Viaduct [Gas Works] was to the immediate east, crossing the River Kelvin. The Forth and Clyde Canal parallels the railway tunnel to the immediate north.
The branch ran to exchange sidings on the south side of the Temple Gas Works.
This line is shown on OS Maps until closure of the Dawsholm branch in 1966. Some sources indicate closure in the 1920s. Photographs taken in 1964 show the bridge's girders removed with only the piers remaining.
Tags
Tunnel04/06/2020
| Nearby stations Dawsholm Kelvindale Maryhill Maryhill [Temporary] Kelvinside Summerston Anniesland Maryhill Central Hyndland [1st] Kirklee Gilshochill Hyndland Lochburn Jordanhill Botanic Gardens | Kelvindale Viaduct [Gas Works] Kelvin Aqueduct Dawsholm Viaduct [Gas Works] Skaethorn Road Bridge Lock 25 [FCC] Dawsholm Gas Works Gasworks Engine Shed Dawsholm Printworks Kelvindale Viaduct [Paper Works] Lock 24 [FCC] Kelvinside Brick Works Govan Cottage Coal Pit Tourist/other Dawsholm Quay Dawsholm Signal Box Maryhill Locks [FCC] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1900 | Glasgow Central Railway (Date is a guess.) Branch from Dawsholm over the River Kelvin and through the cut-and-cover Dawsholm Tunnel to Temple Gas Works opened to minerals. |
