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View looking SSW along deck
SC 669029
Description View looking SSW along deck
Date 31/1/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 669029
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Portland Suspension Bridge, Carlton Place, Glasgow This bridge was built in 1851-3 for the heritors (landowners) of Gorbals to replace a wooden temporary bridge, installed while Glasgow Bridge was being rebuilt in 1833-5, which failed in 1846. The pylons were designed by Alexander Kirkland, architect, and the ironworks by George Martin, engineer. This shows the deck of the bridge looking south-west, as altered in 1870-1 by Bell & Miller, engineers. They retained Kirkland's pylons, and lowered Martin's chains to support a deck stiffened, as seen here, by lattice girder parapets. The buildings in the background are in Carlton Place. The 1870-1 modifications were made in the light of the greater understanding of suspension bridge design arising from investigation of a number of failures of such structures. The bridge, partly rebuilt in 1926, is still in use. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/66/1/12
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