Glasgow, Glasgow Bridge View from ESE showing ESE front
SC 513943
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Bridge View from ESE showing ESE front
Date 1977
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 513943
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glasgow Bridge, Jamaica Street, Glasgow This bridge replaced a bridge designed by Thomas Telford and built in 1833-5. The engineers for the replacement were Blyth and Westland, who originally proposed a four-arch structure, but had to build to the same profile as the Telford bridge. This view shows the bridge from the east. The bridge is wider than its predecessor, and is founded on steel caissons. The granite cladding came largely from the Telford bridge. To the rear is the second Central Station bridge (1899-1905). The widening of this bridge was occasioned partly by the growth of horse-tram traffic following the take-over by Glasgow Corporation of the tram services in the city. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H77/65/9
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