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Irish Narrow Gauge - Victoria Jubilee Bridge

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Victoria Jubilee Bridge - GCT

• osi 100m reference: C937425, map DM004

• ...a handsome through-type, three-span, lattice girder bridge, carried 25ft. above river level on two massive masonry piers in the river and masonry abutments at either end. The center span was 70ft. long, the girders being 6ft. deep, whilst the end spans were 22 ft., and 34 ft. long respectively, by 5 ft. deep, the width between the girders being 12ft. The bridge was built slightly on the skew, the girders on one side being displaced by about 7ft. 6 in. in relation to the girders on the other side. The length between abutments was about 133 ft., and the bridge was built by Messrs. P. & J. MacLellan, Clutha Ironworks, Glasgow.

  As 1887 was the year of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Mr. Traill named the bridge "the Victoria Jubilee Bridge"

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