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I spent last week touring the Scottish Borders in our Motorhome.
Came upon this magnificent structure so decided a pano was the way to go
Leaderfoot Viaduct is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
The viaduct was opened on 16 November 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston with St Boswells, via Duns and Greenlaw.
The railway was severely damaged by flooding during August 1948, with 7 bridges on the line falling, and the line closed to passenger traffic on 13 August 1948. Freight trains continued to run across the viaduct as far as Greenlaw until 19 July 1965.
In 1981, the poor condition of the viaduct meant that it was due to be demolished.
It was upgraded from Category B to A listing in 1986.
Historic Scotland took over control of the viaduct from British Rail in 1996.
Sony a6300 + SZ 16-70 f4, 3 images stitched in LR CC
Leaderfoot Viaduct by Mike Stephen, on Flickr
Came upon this magnificent structure so decided a pano was the way to go
Leaderfoot Viaduct is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
The viaduct was opened on 16 November 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston with St Boswells, via Duns and Greenlaw.
The railway was severely damaged by flooding during August 1948, with 7 bridges on the line falling, and the line closed to passenger traffic on 13 August 1948. Freight trains continued to run across the viaduct as far as Greenlaw until 19 July 1965.
In 1981, the poor condition of the viaduct meant that it was due to be demolished.
It was upgraded from Category B to A listing in 1986.
Historic Scotland took over control of the viaduct from British Rail in 1996.
Sony a6300 + SZ 16-70 f4, 3 images stitched in LR CC
Leaderfoot Viaduct by Mike Stephen, on Flickr
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