Spean Bridge, Highland

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
1931
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Spean Bridge. Spean Bridge on Gairlochy Rd'. View of the four-arch stone bridge over the River Spean.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
1931
Subject person
Subject place
Spean Bridge/Highland
Subject notes
The bridge was built by Thomas Telford in 1819 and spans the River Spean. Telford was commissioned to survey Highland roads in 1801 and recommended the construction of a network of roads and bridges, and the Caledonian Canal. The purpose of better communications was no longer military but rather to reduce emigration. Telford thought this could be done by encouraging crofting and fishing rather than the swing to sheep farming.
Accession number
P38333

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