View of part of underside of small E arch.
SC 677878
Description View of part of underside of small E arch.
Date 6/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 677878
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Road bridge over River Kelvin, Great Western Road, Glasgow This bridge was completed in 1891, to designs by Bell & Miller, engineers, replacing a bridge built when Great Western Road was first laid out in 1836, and widened in the late 1850s to carry water mains from the Loch Katrine scheme. This shows the underside of the arch at the east end of the bridge, over South Woodside Road. The massive character of the cast iron ribs composing the arch is obvious. The two water main pipes can just be seen, as can the provision made for a third. This was one of the last bridges in Britain to be built with cast-iron arches. This material was probably chosen because it would flex less under the weight of traffic than steel, thus protecting the integrity of the water mains it carries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/66/17/33
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