Dorrator Suspension Footbridge

This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.

Bridge:Dorrator Suspension Footbridge
Location:Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom - River Carron
Coordinates and Maps:See related inventory record(s).
Image Set Contributor:Dave Cooper
Date of Images:June, 2008
Related Suspension Bridge Inventory:1893 Dorrator (Falkirk, Carronvale) - Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Related Image Lists:All from Dave Cooper
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Credit:All photos by Dave Cooper. Please do not reuse without permission.

Dave's comments are included with the photos.

"Photo taken from south east. The man is Jock Welch of Grangemouth, Scotland. As an apprentice joiner he helped on the early 1960s repairs to the bridge. The female is Maggie McNeil of Royal Leamington Spa, England."

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"Note the lower cable passing through the pillar."

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"Plate mounted near to the top of the two pillars at the south end of the bridge."

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"From the south. Note the two lower wire cables. There is what appears to be a telephone cable lashed to the western wire."

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