Craigellachie Bridge View looking NNW showing underside
SC 519767
Description Craigellachie Bridge View looking NNW showing underside
Date 20/9/1977
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 519767
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Craigellachie Bridge, Morayshire This cast-iron arch bridge was designed to carry a road over the river Spey. The engineer was Thomas Telford, and the ironwork was cast at Plas Kynaston, Ruabon, in North Wales, by William Hazledine. This view shows the arch from below. with its four ribs. Note the castellated towers flanking the abutment. The approach road, to the right, is cut into the rock outcrop - Craig Ellachie - which gave its name to the bridge. Cast iron construction was chosen for this bridge so that it could be constructed without any intermediate piers, It was assembled without any centring, by supporting the sections, as they were put together, by cables from the ends. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H77/104/11
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