Glasgow, Kingston Dock, Swing Bridge
Swing Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Kingston Dock, Swing Bridge
Classification Swing Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kingston Docks; Windmillcroft Basin; River Clyde
Canmore ID 173036
Site Number NS56SE 1200
NGR NS 58064 64758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173036
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Desk Based Assessment (19 June 2017)
Nothing is now visible of The Swing Bridge, which once crossed the entrance to the Kingston Dock. It was scrapped a year after the dock closed in 1966 and its site is now occupied by the Glasgow Riverview Apartment Complex. The bridge was built in 1867 by John Yule and Company of Hutchesontown, as stated on the name plate photographed by Professor Hume in 1966 (SC 591585). It comprised three parallel girders of wrought-iron lattice construction mounted on a turntable that was originally hydraulically powered but later converted to steam operation.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC)19 June 2017.
