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List of events
Events from the year 1848 in
Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
15 February – the
Caledonian Railway is opened to the public throughout between
Edinburgh ,
Carstairs and
Carlisle , completing a through rail route from London by the
West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between
Scotland and England.
[1]
March – the
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway completes its
Ballochmyle Viaduct , designed by
John Miller . The main arch of 181 feet (55 m) span, carrying the rails 169 feet (52 m) above the
River Ayr , is the world's longest masonry span. This section of line is opened to traffic on 9 August.
[2]
23 March – Scottish settlers on the
John Wickliffe , captained by Edinburgh-born
William Cargill , arrive at what will become
Port Chalmers in the
Otago region of
New Zealand .
Dunedin is established by the Lay Association of the
Free Church of Scotland through the
Otago Association .
22 May – the
Scottish Central Railway opens to
Perth , including the 1,220 yd (1,120 m) Moncrieff Tunnel on the southern approach to Perth.
19 August –
Moray Firth fishing disaster : 100 fishermen lose their lives in a severe storm off the east coast.
8 September –
Queen Victoria and
Albert, Prince Consort , first visit
Balmoral Castle .
Road bridge at
Ashiestiel over the
River Tweed , built by J. & T. Smith of Darnick, is completed. The arch, a 132 feet (40 m) semi-ellipse with a rise of 26 feet (7.9 m), is the longest
rubble masonry span at this date.
[3]
Threipmuir Reservoir completed to serve Edinburgh.
Dalmellington iron works opened.
Scottish Building Society established as the Edinburgh Property Investment Company.
Third cholera pandemic in Scotland, first breaking out in Edinburgh.
Approximate date – The island of
Handa is depopulated.
[4]
Births
28 January –
Mary Elizabeth Hawker ('Lanoe Falconer'), writer of short fiction (died 1908 in Herefordshire)
7 April –
Randall Davidson ,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1930 in London)
10 May –
Thomas Lipton , tea merchant and yachtsman (died 1931 in London)
25 July –
Arthur Balfour , Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1930 in Surrey)
12 August –
Donald Swanson , Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police CID (died 1924 in Surrey)
30 September –
Robert Walker Macbeth , painter (died 1910 in London)
28 October –
Thomas Millie Dow , painter (died 1919 in
St Ives, Cornwall )
17 November –
Cathcart Wason , estate owner and member of parliament in both New Zealand and Britain (died 1921 in London)
2 December –
Mary Slessor , missionary (died 1915 in
Nigeria )
James Porteous , agricultural engineer (died
1922 in the United States )
Deaths
The arts
See also
References
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