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Glasgow, Old Partick Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Old Partick Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Kelvin; Snow Bridge; Dumbarton Road Bridge; Old Dumbarton Road; Kelvingrove Park, Footbridge
Canmore ID 172205
Site Number NS56NE 2294
NGR NS 56580 66449
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172205
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 2294 56580 66449
Formerly entered as Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park, Bridge.
For (predecessor) Old Partick Bridge (NS c. 5620 6634), see NS56NE 5.
For (successor and replacement) present Partick Bridge (NS 56534 66433), see NS56NE 1080: this was formerly entered as Site no. 5.01.
A short distance upstream of Partick Bridge (NS56NE 1080), an earlier freestone bridge of three arches shows through an ivy cladding. It was built in 1800 and presumably closed to traffic since 1878.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
(Name cited as Dumbarton Road Bridge). This structure, the original Old Partick Bridge, remained the only connection between Glasgow and Partick until 1800, when the original Old Dumbarton Road was superseded by a more direct access. It was known as the 'Snow Bridge' as the central poirtions of the railings coulds be opened to allow cleared snow to be dumped in the river.
The stone structure has three arches over the river and a fourth (smaller) arch over the lade that formerly served Bunhouse Mills (NS56NE 1076). As was contemporary practice, the bridge was built square across the river and at a relatively low level, giving a rather difficult bend at the end of the steep downhill gradient. Successive works saw the bridge repaired, widened and raised, until it was declared unsafe. It was replaced in 1878 by the present Partick Bridge (NS56NE 1080), but remains in use as a footbridge giving access to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery (NS56NE 329).
D Boyce 1996.
This bridge carries the former line of (Old) Dumbarton Road across the River Kelvin to the NE of the present Partick Bridge (NS56NE 1080) and within the area of Kelvingrove Park (NS56NE 328). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Govan (to the N) and Glasgow (to the S).
The location cited is for the centre of the span, which extends from NS c. 56577 66460 to NS c. 565887 66430.
The mill lade (NS56NE 1076.01) supplying the Regent Mills passes under the S side of this bridge.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 December 2005.
