North Bridge 1817

Category

Library Item

Item no

665

Title

North Bridge 1817

Description

An image of the underside of the North Bridge, Edinburgh. Columns in between support the huge arches and lampposts line it's edge. People are walking through the arches and over the bridge. Buildings can be seen in the distance including the steeple of the Tron Kirk. In the foreground a woman carrying a package on her back stands at the top of some stairs.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1817

Size

21 x 14 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The original North Bridge was completed in 1772 to provide access from Edinburgh's Old Town to the planned New Town development in the north of the city. It was widened in the 1870's to accommodate increased traffic, and was finally rebuilt between 1894-7 alongside the development at Waverley. Mid way along the bridge there is a memorial to men of the King's Own Scottish Borderers killed in the Boer War. Its even gradient was designed to make it suitable for tramcars.

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