Near aerial view of Friar's Bridge, Black Bridge and the Railway Viaduct, Inverness, looking SW.

Description Near aerial view of Friar's Bridge, Black Bridge and the Railway Viaduct, Inverness, looking SW.

Date 31/5/2014

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 343220

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This view focuses on the three bridges on the northern side of Inverness. The Friar's Bridge, on the left, was constructed to carry the A82 from east to west of the river without going through the centre of the town. It was opened in 1986. The Waterloo Bridge is on its right. This is known locally as the Black Bridge which was the name given to the original crossing at this point - a wooden bridge built in 1808. It was replaced by this more permanent structure in 1895-96. Next to that bridge is the railway viaduct, opened in 1990 to replace the Telford bridge which was swept away in a storm in 1989. Merkinch Primary School, opened in 1876, is at centre right and the retail units on Telford Street can be seen just above centre right. They replaced The Glenmohr Distillery, Telford Street Park, where Caledonian Football Club payed their games before amalgamating with Inverness Thistle to form Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1994, and Howden's Garden Centre. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2020/58

External Reference D3092

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2108501

File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap