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General view of suspension bridge, Cults, Aberdeen, from NW.

SC 1542109

Description General view of suspension bridge, Cults, Aberdeen, from NW.

Date 5/1965

Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1542109

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AB 592

Scope and Content Written on the back of the mounted print: 'Shire: Aberdeenshire. Place: Cults. Building: Morrison's Suspension Bridge'. Photographer: 'G N' Date: 'May 1964' RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN: View from north-west showing St Devenick Bridge, Cults, Aberdeen St Devenick Bridge, a suspension footbridge across the River Dee, was designed by John Smith in 1837, and built for Dr John Morison, the minister of Banchory-Devenick. It was built so that parishioners from the north of the parish could get to the church. Two pairs of hollow cast iron columns resting on granite piers support a pair of single chains made of wrought-iron rods joined by iron link-pins and flat links. Suspended from this was a timber deck and balustrade, which were removed in 1984. This system of suspension was first devised by Samuel Brown (1776-1852), who John Smith (1781-1852) worked with on Aberdeen's Wellington Bridge (completed 1831). Samuel Brown is often regarded as the pioneer of British suspension bridges. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference MW/BR/CUL/1

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1542109

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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