Deveron Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Deveron Viaduct (1856-)

Opened on the Great North of Scotland Railway.

Description

This is a formerly double track viaduct over the River Deveron east of the former Rothiemay station. The viaduct carries one track today.

The original viaduct here was slightly to the north, a masonry arched viaduct with 5 arches. When the line from Aberdeen to Keith was doubled in 1898-1900 this was replaced by today's bridge. For a short while, during construction, the line from the east singled over the old viaduct, the east approach being controlled by Avochie Signal Box. The new bridge was engineered by Patrick Barnett.

Both bridges coexisted, with the north one out of use. It was demolished in 1978. Ironically, the double track bridge was reduced to single in 1970 when the line was singled between Keith and Huntly.

The bases of the piers of the original bridge can still be found.

Tags

Viaduct

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
09/03/2021

Facilities

Listing: B



Chronology Dates

  /  /1978Great North of Scotland Railway
Original Deveron Viaduct, disused since 1900, demolished.

Books

150 Years of the Great North: Tales of the Little But Good
A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Banff, Moray and Nairn's Lost Railways

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Great North Memories: LNER Era, 1923-47

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Carriages

Great North of Scotland Railway Locomotives

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
Modelling the Great North of Scotland Railway
Moray Coast Railways
Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

Speyside Railways: Exploring the Remains of the Great North of Scotland Railways and Its Environs

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History

The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway