Cast iron, single stall urinal from the Maryport & Carlisle Railway ex Curthwaite Station, believed to have been manufactured by George Smith & Company, Sun Foundry Glasgow, c. 1870-1890.

Before the 1890s most trains lacked toilets, so providing facilities on station platforms was essential and ‘comfort breaks’ were built into timetables.

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The beautiful Bridgeton Cross Umbrella, Bridgeton, gifted by the Sun Foundry to the City of Glasgow in 1875. ‘A’ listed and restored in 2023. #bridgeton #bridgetoncross #bridgetonumbrella #glasgow #eastendglasgow #glasgoweastend #publicshelter #listedbuilding #sunfoundryglasgow #insta_glasgow #glasgowphotography #glasgowphotographer

The recently restored and ‘A’ listed Bridgeton Umbrella, gifted to the city by the Sun Foundry in 1875. #bridgeton #bridgetonglasgow #bridgetonumbrella #glasgow #eastendglasgow #castiron #sunfoundryglasgow #listedbuilding #glasgowarchitecture

The beautiful Bridgeton Cross Umbrella, Bridgeton, gifted by the Sun Foundry to the City of Glasgow in 1875. ‘A’ listed and restored in 2023. #bridgeton #bridgetoncross #bridgetonumbrella #glasgow #eastendglasgow #glasgoweastend #publicshelter #listedbuilding #sunfoundryglasgow #insta_glasgow #glasgowphotography #glasgowphotographer

It is the oldest existing bridge over the Apies River and the only remaining bridge in the centre of Pretoria dating from the days of the ZAR. It replaced the 'Arcadia' Bridge although keeping that name in some contemporary depictions. It has a coursed rough-hewn sandstone ashlar abutments and central pier, which carried steel beam superstructures spanning 14,6m. The deck was 10m wide flanked each side by 1,8m walkways. Each of the causeway walls was mounted by cast iron recumbent lions, still extant, which lent the bridge its name. They were cast in Glasgow, Scotland by the Sun Foundry, possibly as testimony to the site was earlier known as Leeudrif (Lions' Causeway) but also probably because the ZAR coat-of-Arms depicted a recumbent lion. The bridge was declared a National Monument (now Provincial Heritage Resource) in 1981.

(Richardson, 2001: 208)

It is the oldest existing bridge over the Apies River and the only remaining bridge in the centre of Pretoria dating from the days of the ZAR. It replaced the 'Arcadia' Bridge although keeping that name in some contemporary depictions. It has a coursed rough-hewn sandstone ashlar abutments and central pier, which carried steel beam superstructures spanning 14,6m. The deck was 10m wide flanked each side by 1,8m walkways. Each of the causeway walls was mounted by cast iron recumbent lions, still extant, which lent the bridge its name. They were cast in Glasgow, Scotland by the Sun Foundry, possibly as testimony to the site was earlier known as Leeudrif (Lions' Causeway) but also probably because the ZAR coat-of-Arms depicted a recumbent lion. The bridge was declared a National Monument (now Provincial Heritage Resource) in 1981.

(Richardson, 2001: 208)

It is the oldest existing bridge over the Apies River and the only remaining bridge in the centre of Pretoria dating from the days of the ZAR. It replaced the 'Arcadia' Bridge although keeping that name in some contemporary depictions. It has a coursed rough-hewn sandstone ashlar abutments and central pier, which carried steel beam superstructures spanning 14,6m. The deck was 10m wide flanked each side by 1,8m walkways. Each of the causeway walls was mounted by cast iron recumbent lions, still extant, which lent the bridge its name. They were cast in Glasgow, Scotland by the Sun Foundry, possibly as testimony to the site was earlier known as Leeudrif (Lions' Causeway) but also probably because the ZAR coat-of-Arms depicted a recumbent lion. The bridge was declared a National Monument (now Provincial Heritage Resource) in 1981.

(Richardson, 2001: 208)

The beautiful Bridgeton Cross Umbrella, Bridgeton, gifted by the Sun Foundry to the City of Glasgow in 1875. ‘A’ listed and restored in 2023. #bridgeton #bridgetoncross #bridgetonumbrella #glasgow #eastendglasgow #glasgoweastend #publicshelter #listedbuilding #sunfoundryglasgow #insta_glasgow #glasgowphotography #glasgowphotographer

It is the oldest existing bridge over the Apies River and the only remaining bridge in the centre of Pretoria dating from the days of the ZAR. It replaced the 'Arcadia' Bridge although keeping that name in some contemporary depictions. It has a coursed rough-hewn sandstone ashlar abutments and central pier, which carried steel beam superstructures spanning 14,6m. The deck was 10m wide flanked each side by 1,8m walkways. Each of the causeway walls was mounted by cast iron recumbent lions, still extant, which lent the bridge its name. They were cast in Glasgow, Scotland by the Sun Foundry, possibly as testimony to the site was earlier known as Leeudrif (Lions' Causeway) but also probably because the ZAR coat-of-Arms depicted a recumbent lion. The bridge was declared a National Monument (now Provincial Heritage Resource) in 1981.

(Richardson, 2001: 208)

It is the oldest existing bridge over the Apies River and the only remaining bridge in the centre of Pretoria dating from the days of the ZAR. It replaced the 'Arcadia' Bridge although keeping that name in some contemporary depictions. It has a coursed rough-hewn sandstone ashlar abutments and central pier, which carried steel beam superstructures spanning 14,6m. The deck was 10m wide flanked each side by 1,8m walkways. Each of the causeway walls was mounted by cast iron recumbent lions, still extant, which lent the bridge its name. They were cast in Glasgow, Scotland by the Sun Foundry, possibly as testimony to the site was earlier known as Leeudrif (Lions' Causeway) but also probably because the ZAR coat-of-Arms depicted a recumbent lion. The bridge was declared a National Monument (now Provincial Heritage Resource) in 1981.

(Richardson, 2001: 208)