W elevation, plan at Deck Level and details. Signed and Dated "GDH 27/7/76"
AND 787/1
Description W elevation, plan at Deck Level and details. Signed and Dated "GDH 27/7/76"
Date 27/7/1976
Catalogue Number AND 787/1
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies SC 367713, SC 367714, SC 367715, SC 367717, SC 367719, SC 367720, SC 367721, SC 367722, SC 367723, SC 367724, SC 367725, SC 367726, AND 787/1 P
Scope and Content Plans and drawings 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 bridge is a cross between a suspension and a cantilever bridge since the deck suspended from the two low-slung stretcher wires braced by stays from pylons. 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.
Medium Pencil
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