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River Spey

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(Reguidit frae Craigellachie Brig)

Coordinates: 57°00′26″N 4°36′18″W / 57.00729°N 4.60499°W / 57.00729; -4.60499

River Spey
KintraScotland
Basin
River moothMoray Firth at Spey Bay
Pheesical chairacteristics
Lenth107 miles (172 km)

The River Spey (Scots Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast o Scotland, the seicont langest an the fastest-flowin river in Scotland. It is important for salmon fishin an whisky production.[2]

Craigellachie Brig, cast airn airch brig, rins athort the River Spey at Craigellachie, near tae the toun o Aiberlower in Moray, Scotland. It wis designed bi the renained ceevil engineer Thomas Telford an biggit frae 1812–1814. It is a Category A leetit structur.[3]

References

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  1. a b "Spey Fishery Board". Archived frae the original on 22 Februar 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  2. "River Spey from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info (in Inglis). Retrieved 23 Januar 2023.
  3. "CRAIGELLACHIE, OLD BRIDGE OVER RIVER SPEY (TELFORD BRIDGE) LB2357" (in Inglis). Historic Environment Scotland. Archived frae the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.