Charlestown Of Aberlour, Victoria Bridge
Suspension Bridge (20th Century)
Site Name Charlestown Of Aberlour, Victoria Bridge
Classification Suspension Bridge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aberlour, Victoria Footbridge; Aberlour, Suspension Footbridge; Aberlour Suspension Bridge; River Spey
Canmore ID 16370
Site Number NJ24SE 22
NGR NJ 26221 42910
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16370
- Council Moray
- Parish Aberlour
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ24SE 22 26221 42910
Victoria Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1971.
Location formerly entered as NJ 26224 42906.
(Location cited [incorrectly] as NJ 263 421). Suspension footbridge, Aberlour. Built c. 1900 by engineers James Abernethy and Co, Aberdeen. A long lattice-girder span supported by wire-rope main cables and suspension links. The lattice-girder pylons have ball and spike finials.
J R Hume 1977b.
(Suspension bridge of wire rope and truss deck type: location cited as NJ 263 421). Early 20th century. James Abernethy & Co., engineers. Lattice-girder pylons. Wire-rope cables, rod suspenders, lattice truss span. Public footbridge.
J R Hume 1977b.
(Location cited as NJ 263 429), Aberlour Suspension Bridge. This pedestrian suspension bridge was built by James Abernethy and Co. of Aberdeen, and is situated in a park. It is long, narrow and low to the water; the pylons are tapered lattice girders finished with ball and spike finials and cross-braced while the walkway is a diamond lattice girder hung from the suspension cables by links.
G Nelson 1990.
Victoria Bridge
(suspension) [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, April 2006.
This bridge carries a footpath across the River Spey to the W of Charlestown of Aberlour (NJ24SE 26). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Knockando (to the N) and Aberlour (to the S).
The location assigned to this record defines the midpoint of the span. The available map evidence indicates that it extends from NJ c. 26189 42939 to NJ c. 26258 42873.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 April 2006.
Construction (1900)
Built.
Publication Account (2007)
Victoria Footbridge, Aberlour (Private)
This structure over the Spey is one of a number of attractive suspension footbridges constructed in ca.1900 by James Abernethy and Co., Aberdeen, and is probably the largest of its genre. It has a span of 287 ft between tower centres, with 2 in. diameter wire-rope cables and 34
in. diameter rod hangers at 512 ft centres. The bridge has lattice handrailing and lattice pylons, similar to the Polhollick and Cambus o’ May bridges over the Dee.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
