Tayfield Viaduct
The viaduct that carried the railway line through the Tayfield Estate comprised four spans on three columns. It was removed soon after the line closed. Picture 1 shows the series of supports that carried the viaduct, 2 the present day retaining wall at the other side of the gap, and 3 is a rare view of actually crossing the viaduct. According to Jim Smith (ex-groundsman on Tayfield Estate) the viaduct originally was of similar design, open lattice iron-work, to the columns on the first Tay Rail Bridge. After its collapse, the decision was made to brick up the Tayfield columns to strengthen them. It’s not been possible as yet to verify this.
Date of coverage
1879 - 1970Place
Newport-on-Tay, Tayfield EstateContributor
Scott Cunningham (picture 1), Mairi Shiels (picture 2), Morag McLaren (picture 3)License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
NOT.1250Format
Photograph (1409)
Area
Newport (1194)
Subject
East Newport Station (47)
West Newport Station (18)
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