Drybridge
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Drybridge is a small village in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Drybridge is thus named because of the "dry bridge" over the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, opened in 1812. The nearby "wet bridge" is the Laigh Milton Viaduct, the oldest surviving railway bridge in Scotland and possibly the world.
Drybridge is a small village in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Drybridge is thus named because of the "dry bridge" over the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, opened in 1812. The nearby "wet bridge" is the Laigh Milton Viaduct, the oldest surviving railway bridge in Scotland and possibly the world.
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Shewalton House stood nearby, demolished between the wars and an industrial estate built on part of the estate.
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YouTube of the hidden 1812 'Dry Bridge' YouTube of the Drybridge Standing Stone YouTube video of Laigh Milton Viaduct YouTube video - Ayrshire Tales - A Romantic Tragedy YouTube video - Girtig Mill and weir YouTube video - Girtrig old railway bridge & the railway Sources Gillespie, James H. (1939). Dundonald. A Contribution to parochial History. Glasgow : John Wylie & Co.
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