Renfrew, Inchinnan Road, Rolling Lift Bridge Over White Cart

Road Bridge (20th Century)

Site Name Renfrew, Inchinnan Road, Rolling Lift Bridge Over White Cart

Classification Road Bridge (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) White Cart Water; Bascule Bridge

Canmore ID 113266

Site Number NS46NE 45

NGR NS 49364 67837

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique Aerial View from NW of Renfrew, River Cart, and Normandy Hotel.

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W Black

7/1974

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View from SE of main control cabin (N side of bridge), and (right) two-storeyed out-house (rendered, with gabled asbestos roof), which contains a back-up diesel-powered generator in its basement

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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General view from SW of S elevation of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from ESE along S side of span of bridge, showing riveted mild steel structure, and rolling end in foreground

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from SE of S elevation of lifting/rolling span, also showing piers supporting E end of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Elevated view from SE (from deck of lift bridge) showing former keeper's cottage

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: Detailed view of bridge control switch

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: Detail of manual indicator panel above W window and control switch

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from ESE showing ESE front

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

16/8/1967

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View from ESE along span of bridge, showing counter-weighted rolling end in foreground

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: Detail of slate-fronted 'I Granic' electrical panel on W side of cabin, showing open switches

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from ESE showing ESE front of cottage with part of bridge on left

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

16/8/1967

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Oblique aerial view of White Cart Bridge, Inchinnan Bridge and Rolling Lift Bridge, looking WSW.

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Historic Environment Scotland

11/5/2016

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General view of rolling lift bridge from W

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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General view from the west bank looking north.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

7/8/2014

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Elevated view from E (on overhead gantry between N and S control cabins) of counter-weighted rolling end of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: elevated interior view from E showing electrically driven lifting mechanism [driven by a 3-phase 400 volt 50 horse-power induction motor made by Metropolitan Vickers of Manchester and Sheffield, and the electrical equipment by 'I Granic of London, Bedford'

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: Detail of electical indicator panel, which when illuminated, shows the extent to which the bridge is open

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Renfrew, Inchinnan Road, Rolling Lift Bridge over White Cart General view looking NE from Bascule Bridge showing White Cart Water

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

24/7/1967

DP 198575

General view from the east bank looking north.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

7/8/2014

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Main Control Cabin: Detail of slate-fronted 'I Granic' electrical panel on S side of cabin, showing switches and metres

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Renfrew, Inchinnan Road, Rolling Lift Bridge over White Cart View from SW showing SSW front

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

24/7/1967

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General view from E of E end of bridge, showing two towers supporting control cabins (with connecting overhead gantry) and in centre, rolling/lifting span

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Rolling Lift Bridge over White Cart, Inchinnan Road, Renfrew. View from ESE showing ESE front

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

16/8/1967

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General view from SW of S elevation of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Slightly oblique elevated view from ESE (on overhead gantry between N and S control cabins) of counter-weighted rolling end of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: detail of cast-iron commemorative plaque bearing the following inscription, 'Burgh of Paisley, Inchinnan Opening Bridge, opened March 1923 by Wm Lang Esq., Provist. Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd, Engineers & Contractors, Glasgow'

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from SE.

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13/10/1992

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General view from E of E end of bridge, showing two towers supporting control cabins (with connecting overhead gantry) and in centre, rolling/lifting span

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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View from SW of main control cabin (N side of bridge), mounted on tower above E end of bridge

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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General view of rolling lift bridge from W

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: Detail of bevel gears and shaft operating manual indicator panel above W window

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Out-house: view of back-up diesel-powered generator situated in basement, showing (right) Brush of Loughborough 3-phase 400 volt generator (made in 1948), driven by engine made by AEC of Southall

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Main Control Cabin: interior view from NE showing electrically driven lifting mechanism [driven by a 3-phase 400 volt 50 horse-power induction motor made by Metropolitan Vickers of Manchester and Sheffield, and the electrical equipment by 'I Granic of London, Bedford'

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

SC 2622882

Main Control Cabin: Detail of manual bridge lifting mechanism (manufactured by Arrol in 1921), designed to be used in cases of total (including back-up) electrical failure

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/1/1997

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Administrative Areas

Council Renfrewshire
Parish Renfrew (Renfrew)
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Renfrew
Former County Renfrewshire

Archaeology Notes

NS46NE 45.00 49364 67837

Architecture Notes

Renfrew, Inchinnan Road, Rolling Lift Bridge Over the White Cart. This Scherzer rolling lift bridge was designed and built by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd, Engineers & Contractors, Glasgow and was completed in 1923/4.The Main Control Cabin contains the electrically driven lifting mechanism [driven by a 3-phase 400 volt 50 horse-power induction motor made by Metropolitan Vickers of Manchester and Sheffield, and the electrical equipment by 'I Granic of London, Bedford'. There is the Out-house which houses the back-up diesel-powered generator situated in basement, showing (right) Brush of Loughborough 3-phase 400 volt generator (made in 1948), driven by engine made by AEC of Southall

Information from Mr J Gray, Renfrew District.

Visted by RCAHMS (MKO), January 1997.

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