Description

Dated 1863, Alexander Gibb, enginneer, William McKinnon and Co,
Aberdeen, Ironfounders.
Wide 3-rib single segmental span cast-iron road and railway
bridge with double track (road and railway, the latter
closed). Lattice sprandrels link arches to carriageways.
Bridge springs from flanking bullfaced rubble abutment
piers with triangular cutwaters rising as canted refuges
and flanked by segmental-headed single span flood arches;
approach wings built into sloping river banks; coped
bullfaced rubble parapet to masonry bridges; ashlar band
courses.
Approximate spans; main arch - 150'
flood arches - 25'

Statement of Interest

Last cast-iron arched bridge for railway traffic in Scotland

and final heir to the Telford Tradition of cast-iron

segmental spans.

River Spey forms boundary with Aberlour Parish.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Bridge of Carron at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q56448296

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings