View along bridge
SC 596992
Description View along bridge
Date 1/5/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 596992
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Bascule bridge and bridge-keeper's cottage, Baird's Brae and Applecross Street, Glasgow This bridge marks the point where the original Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal, opened to Hamiltonhill in 1777, meets the extension to Port Dundas, opened in 1790. This shows the bridge, of the standard Forth and Clyde Canal type, looking down Baird's Brae. In the right background is Oakbank Hospital, built on the site of the Oakbank Foundry, where the first Clyde-built iron steamship was built in 1829. The bridge was rebuilt in about 1990 as part of the Glasgow Canal Project, with the structural parts built of steel, and a hydraulic operation. All the buildings seen in the background, apart from the tower block, have since been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/232/1D
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