Camelon Bridge - swing bridge being opened

Maker
1. Unknown
2. Parsons-Peebles Ltd
Production date
1905
 Description
Camelon swing bridge, Forth and Clyde Canal. The bridge is closed for the road, open for the canal. A group of men are standing at the end of the road. A man in a bowler hat is standing on the bridge.
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Maker
Production date
1905
Subject person
Subject place
Camelon Bridge/Forth and Clyde Canal/Camelon/Falkirk area
Subject notes
The bascule bridge was replaced in 1905 by a heavy duty swing bridge in order to allow the tramway to be carried over the canal. This photograph and P03376 probably record the inspection of the new bridge's operation. The contract was let to Bruce Peebles of Pilton, Edinburgh, who sub-contracted the steelwork to Motherwell Bridge and the electrical work to the Bridge Electric Equipment Company of London.
Accession number
P03377

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