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Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge
Site Name Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge
Classification Suspension Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Clyde; Adelphi Street; St Andrew's Footbridge; Hutchesontown
Canmore ID 103492
Site Number NS56SE 157
NGR NS 59959 64002
Datum Osgb36 - Ngr
Council Glasgow, City Of
Parish Glasgow (city Of Glasgow)
© Copyright and database right 2018
DP 220221
Description Oblique aerial view of St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, looking NE.
Date 25/8/2015
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1256537
Description Glasgow, general view, showing Glasgow Green and River Clyde. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.
Date 8/8/1928
Collection Aerofilms
© ¸ Crown copyright. RCAHMS.
SC 513889
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View showing chain link and part of suspension rod
Date 1977
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 093469
Description Page 35v/6 General view of St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, Glasgow. Titled: 'Suspension Bridge, Glasgow Green, (1855), Neil Robson C.E '. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO.146: THE ANNAN ALBUM.
Date c. 1880
Collection General Collection. Photograph Albums.
© Courtesy of HES (Thomas Annan Album)
DP 051019
Description View from east north east.
Date 8/9/2008
Collection RCAHMS
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 051018
Description View from north east.
Date 8/9/2008
Collection RCAHMS
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 093157
Description Page 33V/6 Glasgow, General view of St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge. Titled: 'Suspension Bridge, Glasgow Green, 1855, Niel Robson. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO.146: THE ANNAN ALBUM.
Date c. 1880
Collection General Collection. Photograph Albums.
© Courtesy of HES (Thomas Annan Album)
DP 051021
Description General view from east north east.
Date 8/9/2008
Collection RCAHMS
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 513886
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View from NE showing NE pylon of bridge with UCBS Bakery in background
Date 1977
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 220222
Description Oblique aerial view of St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, looking WNW.
Date 25/8/2015
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 051017
Description View from east north east.
Date 8/9/2008
Collection RCAHMS
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 513904
Description Glasgow, McNeil Street, UCBS Bakery View from S showing part of SE front of bakery with St Andrew's Suspension Bridge in background
Date 1977
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 051020
Description Bridge deck from north.
Date 8/9/2008
Collection RCAHMS
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 591437
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View from N, UCBS Bakery (33 McNeil Street) in background
Date 6/4/1967
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 220224
Description Oblique aerial view of St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, looking S.
Date 25/8/2015
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 220223
Description Oblique aerial view of St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, looking WSW.
Date 25/8/2015
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 513887
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View from ENE showing NE pylon of bridge with UCBS Bakery in background
Date 1977
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 1256535
Description Glasgow Green and River Clyde, Glasgow. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east.
Date 8/8/1928
Collection Aerofilms
© ¸ Crown copyright. RCAHMS.
SC 1256445
Description Glasgow, general view, showing Glasgow Green and River Clyde. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Date 8/8/1928
Collection Aerofilms
© ¸ Crown copyright. RCAHMS.
SC 634782
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View from WNW showing part of NW front
Date 1964
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 513890
Description Glasgow, Glasgow Green, St Andrew's Suspension Bridge View showing chain link and part of suspension rod
Date 1977
Collection John R Hume
© © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
Event ID 691825
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
NS56SE 157 59959 64002
St Andrew's Suspension Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:1250 maps, 1966 and 1968.
St Andrew's Suspension Bridge, built 1853-5, Neil Robson, engineer (£6348) to enable workers from Bridgeton and Calton to reach factories in Hutchesontown. The pylons consist of heavy entablatures supported by pairs of Corinthian columns, all of cast-iron. Flat link chains support a light lattice girder span. An attractive and little known structure.
J R Hume 1974.
(Suspension bridge of Samual Brown flat link type: location cited as NS 600 400). Built 1853-5 by Neil Robson, engineer. Cast-iron classical pylons, two flat-link chains (alternately 3 and 4 links wide) on each side, iron rod suspenders descending from both chains, light truss deck. Public footbridge.
J R Hume 1977b.
St Andrew's Footbridge. A wrought iron suspension bridge built in 1854-5 to replace a busy ferry, and not much altered since. Engineer Neil Robson of Glasgow; architect for the supporting pylons Charles O'Neill; contractor P and W McLellan. The spanning structure, 67m (220ft) over the river, is all of wrought iron, comprising chains of multiple flat links, suspender bars, and riveted deck structure. The pylons are portals of fine cast iron work, each with four fluted Corinthian columns almost 6m (20ft) high and correct enhtablature with the chains going through the frieze to their saddle supports. Cast iron lamp-standards also serve as posts for iron gates by which the portals can be closed. An excellent example of 1850's iron bridge construction.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
This bridge spans the River Clyde between Glasgow Green (to the NE) and Hutchesontown (to the SW); it is above the upper limit of tidal navigation. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Glasgow (to the NE) and Govan (to the SW).
The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span. The available map evidence indicates that the bridge extends from NS 59988 64041 to NS 59931 63964.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 December 2005.
St Andrew's Suspention Bridge Glasgow Green
24/10/2017
Foot Bridge leading across the river Clyde to Glasgow Green.
Contributed by Sandra tompkins
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