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Publication Account
Date 1986
Event ID 1017354
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017354
This footbridge, which can lay claim to being the oldest surviving cast-iron arched bridge in Scotland, forms part of a pleasant riverside walk on the northern outskirts of Langholm. It crosses the River Esk to serve Langholm Lodge, a former residence of the Dukes of so Buccleuch, hence its name. It was designed by William Keir, Director of Works on the Duccleuch estate, and was built in 1813 with iron cast in Workington. It is now somewhat hidden by trees and no longer, as in 1835, the 'object of great attention to travellers as they enter the town by the north'. In construction it is closely comparable to the famous Telford-designed road bridge at Craigellachie (1814-15), albeit simpler and of a smaller scale. Its arch, which has a clear span of 30.7m, is set within masonry abutments, and is made up of sectional archribs and transverse ribs of cast iron connected by interlocking dovetailed joints.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Dumfries and Galloway’, (1986).