W elevation, plan at Deck Level and details. Signed and Dated "GDH 27/7/76"
SC 367719
Description W elevation, plan at Deck Level and details. Signed and Dated "GDH 27/7/76"
Catalogue Number SC 367719
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AND 787/1
Scope and Content Cross-section 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. At each end of the bridge, the piers are joined by a cast iron arch, or overthrow, bolted to the mast-heads. At the top of each overthrow is a plaque inscribed: JN. JUSTIC/ DUNDEE/ 1824. 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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