Haugh Of Drimmie, Suspension Bridge
Suspension Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Haugh Of Drimmie, Suspension Bridge
Classification Suspension Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glenericht House Policies; River Ericht
Canmore ID 29160
Site Number NO15SE 45
NGR NO 17000 50214
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29160
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blairgowrie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO15SE 45 17000 50214
(Location cited as NO 170 502). Haughs of Drimmie. Double cantilever bridge, probably c. 1830, engineer John Justice, Jnr. A handsome wrought-iron bridge with iron-framed timber deck supported by diagonal rods. Under the deck is a liight inverted bowed truss, built up of circular-section rods.
This bridge is intermediate in form between the Justice bridges at Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus (NO26SW 8) and Crathie, Aberdeenshire (N29SE 8).
J R Hume 1977a.
(Suspension bridge of John Justice type). Built c. 1830. Wrought-iron pylons, iron rod stay chains, deck frame and underbracing, and wooden carriageway. Private road bridge.
J R Hume 1977b.
This bridge carries Glenericht Lodge Drive across the River Ericht to the S of Glenericht House (NO15SE 98). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Blairgowrie and Rattray.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 August 2000.
NO15SE 45 17000 50214
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March 1998
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: John Justice (early 19th century), over River Ericht.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (1986)
This attractive bridge, which serves Glenericht Lodge, crosses the River Ericht about 4.8km N of Blairgowrie. Built in about 1830, it is one of a small group of wrought-iron framed bridges of suspension type. It was probably designed by John Justice (Junior) of Dundee, and represents a large and modified version of John Justice's footbridge of 1824 at Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus (NO 213603). The Drimmie bridge has a main clear span of 105 ft (32m), the pylon-masts are 3 in (76mm) square and 10ft 3in (3.13m) high above stone abutments, and the wooden deck is 10ft 6in (3.20m) wide overall.
The design is that of a complex 'basket' or multi-stayed suspension type. Each pair of pylons is held in position by three 1 1/2 in-square (38mm) anchor-stays, and suspended from them over the bridge are seven wrought-iron rod-stays with intermediate stabilisers, all secured to the pylons by bolts and bridle-pieces. The pylon-masts themselves have scrolled ironwork at the bases and are inclined outwards towards the heads, where they are joined by curved segmental overthrows. The stretch-wires of the parapet handrails are held independently from straining-posts at the bridge approaches. The frame of the wooden deck comprises a series of transverse ribs, each made up of a cambered upper angle-member and a flat iron tie riveted together at the ends. Together with the eyed ends of the main suspension stays and alternate uprights of the handrails, they are secured by cotters to a continuous flat iron boom 3 in by 7/16in (76mm by 11 mm) in section . A system of under bracing, anchored into the abutments, reinforces the deck frame; it takes the form of a suspended 'cradle' or truss and comprises two 1 1/16 in-diameter (27 mm) suspension rods spaced 3ft 6 in (1.07m) apart and braced by short square-section struts notched into the transverse ribs above.
Information from ‘Monuments of Industry: An Illustrated Historical Record’, (1986).
