View from W (possible) showing WNW (possible) front
SC 698922
Description View from W (possible) showing WNW (possible) front
Date 9/2/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 698922
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Bridge, Kelvin Way, Glasgow This bridge was built in 1913-4, replacing an iron truss bridge built in the 1880s. The new bridge was designed by A B McDonald, the City Engineer. It was designed to have bronze sculptures on pedestals at each corner, by Paul Raphael Montford, but because of the war these were not put in place until about 1920. This shows the single segmental span of the bridge from the south-west. It is faced with red sandstone, and has granite parapets. The sculptured groups can be seen. These represent Peace and War. Progress and Prosperity, Navigation and Shipbuilding and Commerce and Industry. The carriageway now known as Kelvin Way was formed to replace an earlier route through Kelvingrove Park from Kelvingrove Street across the Prince of Wales Bridge to University Avenue, completed in 1895. Kelvin Way was probably designed to take an electric tramway, never installed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/9/29
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/698922
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
Licence Type: Permission Required
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
