Jamestown Viaduct [Balloch]
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Jamestown Viaduct [Balloch] (1856-1959)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.Description
This is a disused 296 ft long single track 3 span girder viaduct over the River Leven. Levenbank Print Works and Jamestown station was a short distance to the east and Croftengea Siding a little to the west.
The viaduct was originally a timber tressle bridge. This was replaced in 1874 with the present bridge. Not being the strongest of bridges there was a speed restriction of 10mph and doubled headed trains over the viaduct were banned.
The bridge now carries a walkway.
The viaduct is known by various names
Jamestown Viaduct
Leven Viaduct
and for the former line
Stirling Viaduct
and
Stuckie Bridge
Tags
ViaductAliases
Leven Viaduct [Jamestown] Stirling Viaduct [Jamestown] Stuckie BridgeExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
11/10/2022
| Nearby stations Jamestown Balloch Balloch [1st] Alexandria Balloch Pier Renton Caldarvan Dalreoch Dumbarton Central Dumbarton East Cardross Langbank Craigendoran Upper Craigendoran Craigendoran Pier | Levenbank Print Works Croftengea Siding Milton Works (Dyeing) [Riverside] Levenfield Works Forth and Clyde Junction [Balloch] Milton Works (Dyeing) Alexandria Works (Printing and dyeing) Lomond Galleries Gas Works (Vale of Leven Gas Co) Balloch Shed Dalmonach Print Works Loch Lomond Factory (Silk Dyeing) Tourist/other Loch Lomond Distillery Croftengea Signal Box Broomley House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos) |
