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The Picton Viaduct
The beautiful Stonequarry Viaduct is the oldest stone railway viaduct still in use today. It
was built of sandstone between 1863 and 1867 over the creek where in days gone by, people would gather to swim and cool off
from the heat of summer. Over the years many people drowned in the creek. The sounds of people swimming and splashing in the
water have been heard by locals who upon inspection, find not a soul around.
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| History of the swimming pool opening |
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| Beautiful standstone arches |
The Viaduct was built by a contrctor named Mmbrose Crawshaw and work commenced in 1862. The viaduct
has five 12.2 mtr arches and is 84.1 mtrs long. Its highest point is 23.8 mtrs above the creek bed. Construction work took
several years and it is now the oldest existing stone archway over water in NSW still in use.
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