Ballochmyle Viaduct Traditional Cache
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This is Ballochmyle Railway Viaduct,
The cache is a small snap lid type cache set on River Ayr Way. At this point the path is high above the river
Park at N55 30.051 W004 21.433
The viaduct was designed by John Miller of Edinburgh for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. This railway was the northern part of the line from Glasgow to Carlisle via Kilmarnock. The stone bridge was begun in 1846 and was completed in less than two years (March 1848), but the railway itself was not completed until 1850.
The main arch of 181 ft span carries the rails 169 ft above the River Ayr near Mauchline. The arch ring was built of hard stone quarried near Dundee, but local red sandstone was used for the rest of the structure. On both sides of the main span are three arches of 50 ft span each.
The bridge is still in use.
When completed in 1848, the bridge was the world's largest masonry span arch. When at the GZ you are directly under the railway viaduct, with a sheer drop to the river, so please take care.
Be sure to look up... but don't look down!
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Va gur onfr bs n fznyy gerr, oruvaq fbzr pnzb - cyrnfr ercynpr gur pnzb
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