Rennie's Swing Bridge, Leith

Category

Library Item

Item no

38631

Title

Rennie's Swing Bridge, Leith

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

Unknown

Date

1988

Size

6.2 x 8.0 cm

Type

Press cutting

Leith's first harbour was the mouth of the Water of Leith, improved by the construction of piers to protect the entrance. Leith Docks, first begun as enclosed docks running parallel to the shoreline in 1801, were filled in and replaced by the Edinburgh, Imperial, Victoria and Albert Docks in 1851-81. The smallest, the Victoria Dock, opened in 1851. The first swing bridge on this site, linking Victoria Dock and Albert Dock, was constructed from 1871-74 by Alexander Rendel and George Robertson. It was replaced in about 1896 by a bridge which is still in existence although it has not been used since the mid-1990's

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