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General view looking along deck from north Digital image of E 15657 cn
SC 769278
Description General view looking along deck from north Digital image of E 15657 cn
Date 24/7/2001
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 769278
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 15657 CN
Scope and Content Crathie Suspension Bridge, Aberdeenshire, from the north This elegant bridge crosses the river in a picturesque setting. It is an early example of a chain-suspension bridge although the chain is not a metal rope but a succession of paired flat links which are suspended from two latticework pylons at each side of the river. The wooden deck was made wide enough for carriages, and this extra width gives the bridge a special charm. It is painted white which increases its appearance of lightness, and the decreasing circles in the flat arches between the pylons add to its picturesque looks. The gates at either end, added to restrict access, probably date from the refit of 1885. A river valley often has a type of bridge associated with it, and in the case of the Upper Dee it is the romantic suspension bridge. Crathie Suspension Bridge is the earliest example of the type, and as it was built as the main route across the river to Balmoral, it was designed for vehicular access, although today it is restricted to foot passengers only. Its successor, a iron plate girder bridge commissioned in 1854 by Prince Albert as a new approach to the castle and constructed 0.8km upstream, was more practical if 'not extremely ornamental' and is still in use today. Crathie Suspension Bridge was built in 1834 by the engineers, Justice Junior & Company of Dundee, as the main route across the River Dee to Balmoral. It was superseded in 1857 by the Balmoral Bridge, a more solid substitute commissioned by Prince Albert after he and Queen Victoria bought the Balmoral estate in 1852, and partly renewed in 1885 by Blaikie Brothers of Aberdeen at Queen Victoria's expense. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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