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View from E showing ESE front
SC 791468
Description View from E showing ESE front
Date 1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 791468
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Portland Street Suspension Bridge, River Clyde, South Portland Street, Glasgow, from east-south-east This view from the east-south-east, taken in 1979, shows the bridge, with its masonry pylons, from the Clyde Walkway, this section of which was formed out of the Custom House Quay, built in 1852-7 by the Clyde Navigation Trust, and which closed to commercial traffic in the 1960s. The 1870-1 strengthening was undertaken because a number of accidents with large suspension bridges had shown that bridges with unstiffened decks could collapse in certain conditions. The bridge was repaired in 1926, and again more recently. This bridge was opened in 1851, replacing an earlier temporary wooden footbridge, to give access to the suburb of Laurieston, on the south side of the River Clyde. The Classical masonry pylons were designed by Alexander Kirkland, and the ironwork by George Martin. It was rebuilt in 1870-1 by Bell & Miller. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference CTH55
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