Shin Railway Viaduct
| Shin Railway Viaduct | |
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| Coordinates | 57°55′26″N 4°24′04″W / 57.924022°N 4.401109°WCoordinates: 57°55′26″N 4°24′04″W / 57.924022°N 4.401109°W |
| Carries | Far North Line |
| Crosses | Kyle of Sutherland |
| Characteristics | |
| Longest span | 230 feet (70 m) |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | Joseph Mitchell and Murdoch Paterson |
| Construction end | 1868 |
The Shin Railway Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the Kyle of Sutherland.
History
It was built for the Sutherland Railway by engineers Joseph Mitchell and Murdoch Paterson.[1]
The railway opened to traffic on 13 April 1868.[2]
Design
It crosses the river with a single 230 feet (70 m) span, 20 feet (6.1 m) longer than that used at the Dalguise Viaduct by Mitchell four years earlier.[3] The deck which carries the track sits on top of rather than between the truss girders.[3] There are two semicircular stone arches in the approach viaduct to the south, and three to the north.[1]
The viaduct carries the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick and Thurso.[3]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hume, John R. (1977). The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland: The Highlands and Islands. Macmillan of Canada. p. 312.
- ↑ "Shin Railway Viaduct". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paxton, Roland; Shipway, J. (2007). Civil Engineering Heritage Scotland: Highlands and islands. Thomas Telford for the Institution of Civil Engineers. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-7277-3488-4.