Findhorn Viaduct [Forres]
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Findhorn Viaduct [Forres] (1858-)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Where: Moray, ScotlandOpened on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
Description
This is a wrought iron single track box girder viaduct over the River Findhorn a little west of Forres station. Trains pass through the box girders. The viaduct is 609 ft long overall with three girder sections, two piers being on the riverbed. The engineer was Joseph Mitchell.
While under construction the railway to the west opened, with a short lived terminus Dalvey [1st] west of the river serving Forres.
The original Boat o' Brig Viaduct was similar.
Tags
Viaduct River FindhornFacilities
Listing: A| Nearby stations Forres [2nd] Forres Forres [1st] Dalvey [Forres] Dallas Dhu Halt Rafford Brodie Kinloss [3rd] Findhorn Kinloss [2nd] Auldearn Dunphail Coltfield Platform Alves Burghead [1st] | Forres West Junction Forres Shed Forres South Junction Forres East Junction Bowmanhill Ballast Siding Dallas Dhu Siding Scurrypool Bridge Tourist/other Benromach Distillery Dalvey House Falconer Museum Nelson^s Tower Dallas Dhu Distillery Sueno^s Stone Brodie Castle Findhorn Bay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
