Powmillon Viaduct [North]
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BridgeName and dates
Powmillon Viaduct [North] (1904-1953)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway).Description
This was a single track seven girder viaduct crossing the Powmillon Burn.
This was the northern of two viaducts built for the Mid Lanark Lines (Caledonian Railway) east of the junction at Strathaven Central. This viaduct was built on the link north to the older Hamilton and Strathaven Railway. A second viaduct on the link, Strathaven Viaduct [North], was a little further north.
The line north climbed to Strathaven North, the rising gradient being obvious in a broadside view compared with the Powmillon Viaduct [South] on the Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] route.
The viaduct survived closure of the line in 1953. Track remained until 1959.
Both Powmillon viaducts were demolished and nothing remains of either viaduct.
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Viaduct Powmillon BurnAliases
Strathaven Viaduct [West] Pomillion Viaduct [North]| Nearby stations Strathaven Central Strathaven [Flemington] Strathaven North Glassford Stonehouse [Lanarkshire] Ryeland Quarter Quarter Junction Blackwood [1st] Drumclog Larkhall Meikle Earnock Halt Blackwood [2nd] Merryton Larkhall East | Powmillon Viaduct [South] Strathaven Viaduct [North] Strathaven Shed Whiteshawgate Junction Bridgeholm Viaduct Cot Castle Goods Shotlinn Colliery Stonehouse South Junction Stonehouse West Junction Stonehouse East Junction Stonehouse Viaduct Kiln Tourist/other Strathaven Castle Cot Castle [Castle] Stonehouse Hospital |
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