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Girder Bridge, Balmoral. South Elevation, Plan, Sectional Layout of bottom flange and Sectional Layout of top flange of Girder Birdge at Balmoral

SC 367701

Description Girder Bridge, Balmoral. South Elevation, Plan, Sectional Layout of bottom flange and Sectional Layout of top flange of Girder Birdge at Balmoral

Date 1982

Catalogue Number SC 367701

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 10677

Scope and Content Part of drawing showing a cross-section of 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 cross-section through the bridge. 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.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/367701

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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