Alloa Railway

The Alloa Railway was intended to bridge the River Forth linking Alloa with the south without using a ferry.

References

Notes

    Acts of Parliament
    1. The enabling Act for the Alloa Railway was: "Local Act, 42 & 43 Victoria I, c. ccxiv:An Act for making a Railway from the South Alloa Branch of the Caledonian Railway to Alloa; and for other purposes". UK Parliamentary Archives. 1879. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
    2. The Act formalising the arrangements between the Alloa Railway and the CR was: "Local Act, 43 & 44 Victoria I, c. clxxxviii:An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to make Railways and other Works, acquire Lands, and abandon portions of Works in the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Edinburgh; to maintain, work, and contribute to the Alloa Railway; to establish an Accident and Life Insurance Fund for their servants, and to raise additional Money; for extending the authorised periods for completion of certain Railways in Lanarkshire, and acquisition of Lands in connexion therewith, and sale of superfluous Lands; and for other purposes". UK Parliamentary Archives. 1880. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
    3. The CR absorbed the Alloa Railway with effect from 1 September 1884 under the authority of a further Act: "Local Act, 47 & 48 Victoria I, c. cxxix:An Act for enabling the Caledonian Railway Company to construct certain Railways and other Works in the Counties of Renfrew, Forfar, Stirling, and Clackmannan, to acquire and complete the Alloa Railway, and to take in lease the Moffat Railway; for extending the time for completing the Alloa Railway; for dissolving the Alloa Railway Company; for abandoning the Larbert and Grangemouth Connecting Lines of the Caledonian Railway Company, and confirming an agreement between that Company and the North British Railway Company with respect to the use of the Stirlingshire Midland Junction and Grangemouth Railways and other matters; and for other purposes". UK Parliamentary Archives. 1884. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
    4. The Act authorising the NBR connecting line and confirming the running powers agreement was: "Local Act, 46 & 47 Victoria I, c. lxviii:An Act to authorise a Railway in Alloa Parish from the North British Railway to the Alloa Railway; to confirm an agreement as to running powers, &c.; to extend to ships not freighted the obligation of the North British Railway Company to tow Ships freighted under the Tay Viaduct; and for other purposes". UK Parliamentary Archives. 1883. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

    Citations
    1. "C.R. Goods Station on 25 inch map Clackmannanshire CXXXIX.8 (Airth; Alloa; Clackmannan)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 22 July 2020. The brewery is just off the top left of the map, Craigward Place is directly south from there.
    2. Awdry 1990, p. 57.
    3. Historic Environment Scotland. "Alloa, Forth Rail Bridge (80302)". Canmore. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
    4. "Alloa Junction Loop on 25 inch map Clackmannanshire CXXXIX.3 (Alloa; St Ninians)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
    5. Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 37.
    6. Bruce 1980, p. 128.
    7. "Important railway developments in Alloa". The Alloa Journal and Clackmannanshire Advertiser. 26 September 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    8. Jowett 1989, pp. 22-23.
    9. "Alloa new railway and bridge". Edinburgh Evening News. 1 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    10. Quick 2019, p. 396.
    11. Thomas & Turnock 1989, pp. 37-38.
    12. Bruce 1980.
    13. "Naval Establishments, (Scotland)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 432. House of Commons. 21 January 1947.
    14. Historic Environment Scotland. "World War One Audit of Surviving Remains (964969)". Canmore. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
    15. "Throsk". Railscot. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
    16. Thomas & Paterson 1984, p. 85.
    17. Hurst 1992, p. 54 (ref 2466).
    18. Hurst 1992, pp. 62 & 81 (ref 2761).
    19. Meighan 2014.
    20. Hurst 1992, p. 70 (ref 3083).

    Bibliography
    • Thomas, John; Paterson, Rev A. J. S. (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. VI Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-9465-3712-7. OCLC 12521072.
    • Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-03-8.
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