Almondell Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Almondell Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Almond; Nasmyth Bridge
Canmore ID 213691
Site Number NT06NE 54
NGR NT 08816 68838
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213691
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Uphall
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Nasmyth Bridge, c.1800, Alexander Nasmyth
Two rustic arches of differing spans unified by a crenellated parapet. Restored by Ted Ruddock for West Lothian Council, 1998. Aqueduct, 1820, by Hugh Baird, cast-iron trough cantilevered from stone abutments feeding the Union Canal. Camps Viaduct carried a branch of the North British Railway serving Pumpherston Oil Company on nine segmented brick arches. Mandela Bridge, Shielsmill, 1971, by Morris & Steedman with Tom Ridley, is a most elegant suspension footbridge composed of slender cables supported on a single pylon from which hangs a lightweight footbridg
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NT06NE 54.00 08816 68838 Almondell Bridge
The bridge crosses the boundary between two parishes; Uphall and Kirknewton.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: Alexander Naismith
Photographic Survey (1954)
Photographs by the National Buildings Record Scottish Council in 1954.
