Detail of spandrel.
A 57540
Description Detail of spandrel.
Date 1984
Catalogue Number A 57540
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 361926
Scope and Content Underside (showing arch-rib and spandrel) of Duchess Bridge over the Esk, Langholm, Dumfriesshire Duchess Bridge was built in 1813 by William Keir junior and is the oldest surviving cast-iron bridge in Scotland. The bridge is made up of two parallel cast iron arches, or arch-ribs. These are braced by transverse-ribs, one of which is visible here (middle right). The triangular shape above each end of the arch is called a spandrel. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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