Balmoral, Girder Bridge. Plan and section of girder and isometric details of Girder Birdge at Balmoral.
DC 10678
Description Balmoral, Girder Bridge. Plan and section of girder and isometric details of Girder Birdge at Balmoral.
Date c. 1982
Catalogue Number DC 10678
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies A 57226 P, SC 367690, SC 367691, SC 367692, SC 367693, SC 367694, SC 367695
Scope and Content Part of drawing showing section through girder from Balmoral Bridge, Aberdeenshire Balmoral Bridge, perhaps the earliest plate-girder bridge in Scotland, was built in 1857 to a design by I K Brunel using rolled wrought-iron. The Royal Family, who had commissioned it, disliked its plainness and also its elasticity under passing traffic. This shows a plan of one of the girders. The bridge consists of two girders of rolled wrought-iron components, joined by cross-beams supporting a wooden deck. The girders, which also form the parapets, rest on abutments of local granite. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) built many innovative bridges in wrought-iron, masonry and timber. He nicknamed the 'Commission on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures', the 'Commission for Stopping Further Improvement in Bridge Building'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Ink
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