North British Railway Crane
North British Railway Crane is a historic site in Highland Council, Scotland. North British Railway Crane is situated nearby to Glenfinnan railway station, as well as near Glenfinnan Station Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glenfinnan railway station and Glenfinnan Station Museum.
Glenfinnan railway station
Railway station
Glenfinnan railway station is a railway station serving the village of Glenfinnan in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the West Highland Line, between Lochailort and Locheilside, located 14 miles 58 chains from the former Banavie Junction. Glenfinnan Viaduct is about 0.7 miles to the east of the station.
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Photo: Mirams, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line at Glenfinnan, in the Lochaber district of north-western Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Glenfinnan Viaduct is situated 3,800 feet east of North British Railway Crane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenfinnan and Kinlocheil.
Glenfinnan
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenfinnan is a village in the Western Highlands of Scotland, between Fort William and Mallaig. Standing at the head of Loch Shiel, it's famous as the place where "Bonnie Prince Charlie" launched his 1745 Jacobite rebellion.
Kinlocheil
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinlochiel is a hamlet on the north west shore of Loch Eil in Lochaber, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is a small, rural area that consists of a few scattered houses on the A830 to Mallaig, after Fassfern and before Glenfinnan. Kinlocheil is situated 5 miles east of North British Railway Crane.
North British Railway Crane
- Type: Historic site
- Also known as: “Glenfinnan mobile crane”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.87225° or 56° 52′ 20″ northLongitude
-5.44916° or 5° 26′ 57″ westInception
1870Open location code
9C8PVHC2+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13658398619OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crane
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Former Oil Store and Bridge 66.
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