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Girder Bridge, Crathie, Balmoral Estates

A Category A Listed Building in Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.0395 / 57°2'22"N

Longitude: -3.2176 / 3°13'3"W

OS Eastings: 326210

OS Northings: 794923

OS Grid: NO262949

Mapcode National: GBR W7.BG58

Mapcode Global: WH6MC.KB19

Plus Code: 9C9R2QQJ+QX

Entry Name: Girder Bridge, Crathie, Balmoral Estates

Listing Name: Crathie Girder Bridge over River Dee

Listing Date: 2 November 1976

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 333963

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB2989

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Balmoral Estates, Crathie, Girder Bridge

ID on this website: 200333963

Location: Crathie and Braemar

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Parish: Crathie And Braemar

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Bridge

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Description

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer 1856-8. R Brotherhood, Chippenham, Wilts, ironfounder. Dated 1856. Single span wrought iron plate girder bridge with regularly pierced iron-plate parapets and distinctive visible riveting. Coursed rock-faced granite abutments with capped square granite piers and curved granite approach walls.

Statement of Interest

This is possibly the earliest plate-girder bridge in Scotland and was designed by the distinguished engineer I. K. Brunel, who described it as 'built on the principle of the Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait'. A plaque on the parapet is inscribed 'R Brotherhood Chippenham Wiltshire'.

The bridge was built under an Act of Parliament to give access to Balmoral Castle after the Royal family closed the nearby Crathie Suspension Bridge, (see separate listing) which was felt not to be sufficiently robust for vehicular traffic.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), was a leading, innovative Victorian engineer. As chief engineer to the Great Western Railway in 1833, he was involved in a number of projects including railway tracks and tunnels, as well as bridges and ships. His works include the Clifton Suspension Bridge of 1831-59 and the Saltash Bridge, Devon (1857-59)

Change of Category from B to A, (13th May 1994).

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