Laying the foundation stone for the new North Bridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

28515

Title

Laying the foundation stone for the new North Bridge

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1896

Size

16.4 x 21.8 cm

Type

Photograph

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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