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Glenfinnan Viaduct

The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a mass-concrete railway viaduct on the West Highland Line near Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Scotland. It comprises 21 semicircular spans carrying a single-track railway on a pronounced curve above the River Finnan and the head of Loch Shiel.

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First raised

1897

Its prime

1901

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1901

What Glenfinnan Viaduct looked like in its prime.

A long, curving mass‑concrete railway viaduct of 21 semicircular arches (~15 m spans) totalling about 380 m in length, carrying a single track between low concrete parapets. The concrete surface is grey and weathered with patches of moss and lichen on parapets and upper faces. The viaduct rises roughly 30 m above the valley floor, set in a green Highland glen with birch and conifer trees, peat and heather on surrounding slopes and hills behind.

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8 places to explore in 1901.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Glenfinnan Viaduct, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Southern approach — top of the curveLong exterior view along the viaductView from the shore of Loch ShielUnder the arches at valley floorMid-span vantage over the valleyView from the Glenfinnan MonumentTrain crossing the viaductNorthern abutment and landward end

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