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Detail of built-up pylon masts and overthrow on bridge.
SC 2626950
Description Detail of built-up pylon masts and overthrow on bridge.
Date 24/6/1977
Catalogue Number SC 2626950
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AN 3413
Scope and Content Detail of pylons showing connections of Glenisla School Bridge at Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus Glenisla School Bridge was built in 1824 by John Justice and Company of Dundee to span the river Islay near Kirkton of Glenisla. It is one of the earliest surviving Scottish examples of a suspension bridge. The suspension stays are connected to the pylon by eye-bolts. The stays anchoring the pylon to the ground are connected by stirrups held in place by anchor bolts. The modern suspension bridge was developed around 1800 in America. It could be built without specialised stone-masons, and did not need piers. It was adopted in the Scottish Borders where Spring floods often swept away the piers of conventional bridges. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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