Falls of Cruachan Viaduct
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BridgeName and dates
Falls of Cruachan Viaduct (1880-)Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.
Description
This is a single track three arch mass concrete viaduct with castellated parapets. It crosses at the Falls of Cruachan where the Allt Cruachan drops into Loch Awe, just west of Falls of Cruachan station.
The falls can be seen (briefly) from a passing train. The falls are on the north side.
This section of line is protected by the Pass of Brander Stone Signals.
The bridge's overall length is 72 ft. The engineer was John Strain.
A railway cottage is to the west of the viaduct, south of the line.
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Viaduct concrete| Nearby stations Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Dalmally Taynuilt Ach-na-Cloich Connel Ferry North Connel Barcaldine Halt Benderloch Creagan Oban Oban Ticket Platform Glen Falloch Platform Tyndrum Lower Tyndrum [1st] | Awe Crossing Cruachan Dam Crunachy Siding Tourist/other Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre Pass of Brander Stone Signals Meall Cuanail Loch Awe [Loch] Ben Cruachan Stob Garbh Drochaid Ghlas Stob Dearg Stob Diamh Loch Awe Hotel Loch Awe Pier Cladich Pier |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Earliest British mass concrete railway bridgeThis bridge is built in mass concrete, the earliest example of its kind on a British railway, with some stone cladding. This approach would go on to be used on other structures, the most famous of which is the Glenfinnan Viaduct. |
