Newbattle Viaduct
From Graces Guide
near Newtongrange, Midlothian. South of the former Dalhousie Station.
It carried the Edinburgh-Carlisle 'Waverley Route' of the North British Railway over the River South Esk and two public roads.[1]
1847 Opened
1972 Closed
The 1847 masonry viaduct, designed by John Miller, replaced* one designed by John Williamson of Newtongrange and opened in 1832.
The 1832 viaduct was of unique construction, having 24 spans of cast iron and wood, with several pointed arches. The 1847 viaduct has 23 spans.[2]. The ironwork was made at Mushet's new foundry at Dalkeith [3]. Presumably George Mushet, Dalkeith Foundry.
- 1847 'At Dalhousie .... the valley of the South Esk being crossed by splendid viaduct of twenty-three arches of about ninety feet in height, and fifty feet span, which is immediately adjacent to the fine viaduct erected for the accommodation of the collieries some years ago.'[4]
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