What is the highest railway viaduct in the UK?

The Ballochmyle Viaduct
The Ballochmyle Viaduct is the highest extant railway viaduct in Britain. It is 169 feet (52 m) high, and carries the railway over the River Ayr near Mauchline and Catrine in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It carries the former Glasgow and South Western Railway line between Glasgow and Carlisle.

Who built the treffry viaduct?

Joseph Treffry
It was built by Joseph Treffry, one of Cornwall’s greatest mining adventurers between 1839 and 1844 to carry a mineral railway from St Blazey and Par to Newquay and is the earliest granite construction of its kind in the region.

How many arches does Harringworth viaduct?

82 arches
Harringworth Viaduct conservation work Built in just over 2 years by a team of 2500 men, it is 3/4mile long, has 82 arches, and contains over 20 million bricks. These bricks were originally a local redfaced brick, manufactured and fired onsite, and were not especially durable.

How high is Glenfinnan viaduct?

100 feet
It is the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland at 380 m. It crosses the River Finnan at a height of 30 m, or a whopping 100 feet if you work in old money measurements! The West Highland Line it carries is made up of a single track, and the viaduct between the parapets stretches 5.5 metres wide.

Where is the viaduct in Rutland?

Rutland
Northamptonshire
Welland Viaduct/Location

What is the difference between a bridge and a viaduct?

A viaduct is a long bridge-like structure carrying a road or railway across a valley or other low ground. Bridges are built across rivers or arms of the sea, whereas viaducts tend to cross valleys and low lying areas where there may or may not be a river.

How many arches does Ribblehead viaduct have?

24
In particular, building the Ribblehead (then Batty Moss) viaduct, with its 24 massive stone arches 104 feet (32 metres) above the moor, caused such loss of life that the railway paid for an expansion of the local graveyard.

How tall is the treffry Viaduct?

At 670 feet (204 m) long and 90 feet (27 m) high it was the most advanced engineering project in Devon and Cornwall. It was built of stone from the nearby Carbeans and Colcerrow quarries, and the lines from the quarries to the viaduct were the first parts of the tramway to be operational.

When was the treffry viaduct built?

between 1839 and 1842
Controlling the water supply Page 18 Built between 1839 and 1842 by its owner Joseph Thomas Treffry, this amazing structure is 90 feet high and 670 feet long. It had the two jobs of carrying both a tramway and a high level leat (water channel) across the Luxulyan Valley.