Le pont Union Chain sur la frontière anglo-écossaise, qui fait face à la rivière Tweed depuis le côté anglais de la frontière, construit par le Capt Samuel Brown
5911 x 3946 px | 50 x 33,4 cm | 19,7 x 13,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
9 juin 2022
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The Union Chain bridge was designed by a Royal Navy officer, Captain Samuel Brown RN. Brown's first design for the bridge was prepared in 1817, and reviewed by the eminent civil engineer John Rennie. Brown had built an experimental suspension bridge with a span of 110 feet (34 m), which impressed Rennie. Nonetheless, Rennie asked for changes to the design of the stone abutments and towers. The bridge proposal received consent in July 1819, using an Act of Parliament that had been passed in 1802, and construction began on 2 August 1819. It opened on 26 July the following year, with an opening ceremony attended by the celebrated civil engineer Robert Stevenson among others. Captain Brown tested the bridge in a curricle towing twelve carts, before a crowd of about 700 spectators crossed. The final cost was £6, 449. Until 1885, tolls were charged for crossing the bridge; the toll cottage, being at the English end, was demolished in 1955. Still in use today though bollards have been placed at each end of the bridge to restrict the size of vehicle crossing also only one vehicle is allowed on the bridge at a time.
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