Nant Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Nant Viaduct (1880-)

Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.

Description

Half a mile east of Taynuilt station this single track girder viaduct crosses the River Nant. It was completed in 1879 by W & T Adams.

The original viaduct collapsed in 1884 and was replaced.

It has is a three span girder viaduct with two concrete piers. The central span is a double-triangular iron lattice truss 103 ft long. The spans to either side are plate girders.

Tags

Viaduct accident

Nearby stations
Taynuilt
Ach-na-Cloich
Falls of Cruachan
Connel Ferry
North Connel
Barcaldine Halt
Loch Awe
Benderloch
Creagan
Oban
Oban Ticket Platform
Dalmally
Appin
Duror
Kentallen
Bonawe Iron Works
Inverawe Smokery
Bonawe Quarries
Awe Viaduct
Crunachy Siding
Tourist/other
Inverawe House
Ardchattan Priory
Achnacloich Pier
Stob Dearg
Achnacloich House
Ben Cruachan
Pass of Brander Stone Signals
Meall Cuanail
Loch Etive
Drochaid Ghlas
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Oban 1898: Argyllshire Sheet 98.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Argyllshire)

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)