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TITLE
Calvine Viaduct near Struan, August 1995
EXTERNAL ID
PC_HRS_STATIONS_001_1301
PLACENAME
Struan
DISTRICT
Perthshire - Highland
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
PERTH: Blair Atholl
DATE OF IMAGE
August 1995
PERIOD
1990s
SOURCE
Highland Railway Society
ASSET ID
27927
KEYWORDS
railway stations
Highland Railway Society
HRS
Calvine Viaduct near Struan, August 1995

This photograph shows Calvine Viaduct near Struan in August 1995.

When the railway line between Dunkeld and Forres was built in the early 1860s the Inverness & Perth Junction Railway had to negotiate with the owners of the various estates through which the line passed.

In order to avoid blighting the view of falls on the river Garry on the Duke of Atholl's estate the railway was carried across the river on a viaduct at the same point as an existing road bridge. It is a two-span stone viaduct with one arch over the road bridge and another over the river. The arch rings are of dressed stone and the spandrels of rubble. A steel-truss bridge has since been added to carry the single-track railway.

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Calvine Viaduct near Struan, August 1995

PERTH: Blair Atholl

1990s

railway stations; Highland Railway Society; HRS

Highland Railway Society

Highland Railway Society - Stations

This photograph shows Calvine Viaduct near Struan in August 1995.<br /> <br /> When the railway line between Dunkeld and Forres was built in the early 1860s the Inverness & Perth Junction Railway had to negotiate with the owners of the various estates through which the line passed. <br /> <br /> In order to avoid blighting the view of falls on the river Garry on the Duke of Atholl's estate the railway was carried across the river on a viaduct at the same point as an existing road bridge. It is a two-span stone viaduct with one arch over the road bridge and another over the river. The arch rings are of dressed stone and the spandrels of rubble. A steel-truss bridge has since been added to carry the single-track railway.