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The Bascule Bridge in Renfrew was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. a Glasgow based engineering firm at a cost of around £62.000, it was officially opened for traffic on Wed. 28th March 1923 and features a clear opening span of 90ft, with a 20ft roadway and pedestrian footpaths on both sides, when opened it reaches a height of almost 20ft above the ground and in years gone bye it allowed shipping to proceed to and from Paisley Harbour. However, since the closure of Paisley Harbour in the late 1960s, it is now almost an event to witness the bridge being raised. It was granted a category A listing on the 13th December 1994.
Last year my pal Doug Collinson spotted this field with haybales on the other side of the River Clyde from the Titan Crane at Clydebank. He was flying back into Glasgow Airport from a work trip to London and saw them from the air. I went to have look a few days later but the farmer had taken them in. This year I was luckier.
British Railways Class 37 37693 'Sir William Arrol' with Coal Sector Livery at Motherwell Depot on the 22nd July 1990.
British Railways Class 37s 37693 'Sir William Arrol' leading and 37694 at Carstairs. Undated Courtesy A Hogg. Circa 1990.
The Barclay Curle Titan crane in Whiteinch, Glasgow built by Sir William Arrol in 1920 and now, although it’s ’A’ listed, like the cranes at Finnieston, Clydebank and Greenock, in very poor condition. #titancrane #cantilevercrane #crane #barclaycurlecrane #scottishindustrialheritage #industrialheritage #shipbuilding #shipbuilders #clydebuilt #whiteinch #glasgow #glasgowcity #riverclyde #clyderiver #sirwilliamarrol #insta_glasgow #glasgowphotography #glasgowphotographer
Class 37 number 37693 "Sir William Arrol" leads 37692 on a northbound MGR working through Carlisle station on 24th November, 1990.
The Tay rail bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, also responsible for the Forth Bridge, The Forth Road Bridge,Tower Bridge and the Titan cranes at Clydebank, James Watt Dock Greenock and Barclay Curle Whiteinch , among many others - phew! #dundee #dundeecity #tayrailbridge #rivertay #industrialheritage #scottishengineering #scottishindustrialheritage #williamarrol #sirwilliamarrol #railwaybridge #railwayinfrastructure #britishrail #britishrailways #bridge #bridges #titancrane
Arrol does Fort Augustus.
Sir William Arrol was a Scottish civil engineer.
I imagine there is are similar symbols somewhere on the Forth Bridge (The Bridge) and on Tower Bridge in London. I just haven't spotted them yet.
Of course Thomas Telford was the principal engineer on the Caledonian Canal but Arrol has left his mark. At least he supplied some of the locks and hydraulic operating equipment.
Among many others, Arrol also constructed the Nile Bridge in Egypt, the Hawkesbury Bridge in Australia and the huge gantry for the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, (known as the Arrol Gantry). The Arrol Gantry was one of the largest built at the time and was crucial for the construction of 3 super-liners, one of which was the ill-fated RMS Titanic.
Not too bad a career for the son of a spinner, born in Houston, Renfrewshire. who started his working life in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age.
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Earlier this year the road bridge (1964) closed due to structural problems, causing havoc to commuters and travellers in the east coast of Scotland. The centre cantilever of the old rail bridges rests on the island of Inchgarvie.
The Forth Rail Bridge. Completed 1890. Constructed by Sir William Arrol. Carries the main east-coast railway line from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. The county of Fife is seen in the background.
Canoeists out on the ‘silvery Tay’ heading towards the Tay rail bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, also responsible for the Forth Bridge, Tower Bridge and the Titan cranes at Clydebank, the James Watt Dock and Barclay Curle among many others. . #dundee #dundeecity #tayrailbridge #rivertay #canoeing #canoe #canoeist #watersports #industrialheritage #scottishengineering #scottishindustrialheritage #williamarrol #sirwilliamarrol
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
This lovely steel cantilever bridge was completed on 9 May 1903 to convey the railway from Connel across The Falls of Lora at the mouth of Loch Etive.
Loch Etive is a small fiord in Argyllshire on the West Coast of Scotland.
The Connel Bridge’s span is 500 feet ( 152.4 meters ) and its height above the water some 50 feet ( 15.24 meters ), though this depends radically upon tidal and meteorological conditions. Each approach is of three masonry arches.
The railway connected the Ballachulish slate quarries to the UK standard gage network. Until 1914 road vehicles were carried across the bridge on flat wagons, and since 1966 the bridge has been a road-only crossing.
The bridge was built by Sir William Arrol and Company of the Dalmarnock Iron Works that was East of Glasgow. It is possible that Arrol’s was responsible for the World’s most beautiful, as well as long-lasting and famous, steel structures.
Arrol’s built the reconstructed Tay Bridge ( 1887 ) after the first one blew down in a storm in 1879; the Forth Rail Bridge of 1890; London’s Tower Bridge; the Nile Bridge in Egypt and Australia’s Hawkesbury Bridge.
The firm also built the Bankside Power Station at Southwark in London, which is now the World-famous Tate Modern art gallery; and also the Arrol Gantry at Belfast, that Harland and Wolff commissioned so that they could build the ill-fated White Star liners Titanic, Britannic and Olympic, all of which sank in notorious and controversial circumstances.
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
The first bridge was built 1876-8 for the Caledonian Railway, being designed by Blyth and Cunningham, engineers, and built by Sir William Arrol and Company. This bridge was demolished in 1966-7, only the granite piers and cast iron arches remaining as shown here.
On the E faces of the two easternmost piers are inscriptions by the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. Written in both English and Ancient Greek, the quote from Plato’s Republic reads: ‘All Greatness Stands Firm in the Storm’ and the Greek section which translates loosely as ‘All great things are perilous, and it is true, as the proverb says, that beautiful things are hard [to attain]’.
The new bridge was brought into use in March 1905. At the same time, the old bridge was re-floored to bring it up to the height of the new. Re-signalling in 1960 and 1966 rendered it redundant, and it was demolished; the new bridge remains in use.
The new Queensferry Crossing - due for completion in May 2017.. It has an overall length of 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles). The port of Rosyth lies in the background over the water.
325 ton Sir William Arrol hammerhead crane at Shepherd Offshore, Walker on Tyne. The crane dates from 1928 and was able to lift, for example, ship engines into place.
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
There's a decided lack of back windows in trains these days. Thankfully, the Fife Circle is blessed with a Deutsche Bahn-owned loco-hauled train at peak times, with 1970s former British Rail carriages (quiet, smooth, comfortable - quite unlike noisy modern trains with the engines beneath your seat). On occasion, the tiny windows on the 'back door' of the last carriage are clean enough to look out...
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
Heritage at Risk: The largest dockside crane in Australia, taking seven years to build, and able to lift warship engines, boilers, gun turrets and guns of up to 250 tons - a historic reminder of facilities needed to service naval forces. Constructed 1944-1951, Captain James Cook Graving Dockyard, Garden Island, Sydney. At one time, one of the largest dry docks in the world. Garden Island was chosen as the naval headquarters for New South Wales in 1883.
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
A super bridge - apparently the second largest single-span in Europe when opened in 1903 (RCAHMS). Beaten as a cantilever only by the Forth Bridge - the span was necessitated by the Falls of Lora.
It was built as a railway bridge for the Ballachulish branch railway of the Callander & Oban (my grandmother recalls crossing the bridge on the train from Ballachulish to school in Oban). It also earned its keep for the railway company carrying vehicular traffic over on trains, before being altered to incorporate a narrow carriageway in 1913. After closure of the branch in 1966 it was converted fully to a road bridge. It now has space for a footpath, enabling pedestrians to get photographs, and the one-way traffic control also gives nice long gaps to stand in the middle, too ;-)
North Bridge is the link between the Old Town and New Town in Edinburgh (connecting the High Street with Princes Street). The bridge depicted was built in 1897, but a previous bridge stood on the same location from 1772. The bridge was constructed by the leading Scottish engineering company of 'Sir William Arrol & Co.' that twas also responsible for the construction of other well-known bridges, such as the Forth bridge in Scotland and also London's famous Southwark Bridge and Tower Bridge.