Stroan Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Stroan Viaduct (1861-1965)Opened on the Portpatrick Railway.
Description
This is a disused single track four arch masonry viaduct. Each arch is 50ft long. The overall length is 219 ft and height 37 ft.
The viaduct crosses Loch Stroan at the point where the Black Water of Stroan empties it to the south east.
The viaduct is around a mile west of the former New Galloway station.
The engineer was Blyth and Blyth.
Tags
ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations New Galloway Loch Skerrow Parton Crossmichael Gatehouse of Fleet Bridge of Dee Castle Douglas (St Andrew Street) Castle Douglas Tarff Buittle Kirkcudbright Creetown Dalbeattie Palnure Southwick | Loch Ken Viaduct Little Water of Fleet Viaduct Big Water of Fleet Viaduct River Dee Viaduct [West] River Dee Viaduct [East] Lane Bridge Castle Douglas Shed Tourist/other Stroan Loch Loch Ken Loch Skerrow [Loch] Catteringshaws Loch Threave Castle Earlstoun Loch Gatehouse of Fleet [Town] Threave Garden |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Library of Railway History) | Rails to Portpatrick (Local History Series) |  The Port Road: Dumfries to Stranraer, Portpatrick, Kirkcudbright and Whithorn |
