Mosshouse Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Mosshouse Viaduct (1848-1976)Opened on the Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway).
Description
This was a three arch double track viaduct over the Bellow Water. The viaduct was rebuilt to take a double track and fell out of use in 1976.
The viaduct was west of Cronberry Junction on the line to Auchinleck.
Repair was required on a number of occasions and the stonework was repaired with red and yellow brick.
The viaduct was demolished in the 2000s, falling victim to the possible re-opening of the line for coal traffic (the viaduct would not have been able to carry a railway and required replacement). It was B listed.
Tags
Bellow Water viaductAliases
Rosebank ViaductFacilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Cronberry Cairntable Halt Lugar Commondyke Cumnock [2nd] Cumnock [1st] Auchinleck Dumfries House Catrine Skares New Cumnock Ochiltree Muirkirk [1st] Muirkirk [2nd] Mauchline | Braehead Mine Cronberry Tileworks Mosshouse Pit Braehead Pits Nos 4 and 5 Cronberry Pit No 4 Freestone Quarry Cronberry Junction Mosshouse Pit Cronberry No 1,2,3 Pits Signal Box Mosshouse Pit Braehead Pit No 6 Cronberry Nos 1,2,3 Sidings Mortonmuir Pit Mine Tourist/other Cronberry No 4 Pit Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 27/05/2008 | Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Demolition approved by East Ayrshire Council for British Railways Board (Residual) of the Mosshouse Viaduct over the Bellow Water by Cronberry. The viaduct was in poor condition and would need replaced should the Powharnal Opencast line be re-opened. The viaduct was demolished by the end of the year 2008. |
