Bainsford Bridge (open swing bridge)

Maker
1. Unknown
2. Parsons-Peebles Ltd
Production date
1905
 Description
View from Burnbank Foundry. Bainsford swing bridge on the Forth and Clyde Canal. The bridge is in the open position in relation to the canal. A man in a bowler stands on the bridge and a group of men look on from the road. Behind it is Lock 5 and the foundry of the Falkirk Iron Company.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

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Maker
Production date
1905
Subject person
Subject place
Bainsford Bridge/Forth and Clyde Canal/Bainsford/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 probably records the inspection of the new bridge's operation. (See also P03376 and P03377 of Camelon Bridge.) 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
P03378

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