Latitude: 55.9517 / 55°57'6"N
Longitude: -3.1881 / 3°11'17"W
OS Eastings: 325904
OS Northings: 673826
OS Grid: NT259738
Mapcode National: GBR 8PF.QY
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.0N4P
Plus Code: 9C7RXR26+MP
Entry Name: South African War Memorial, North Bridge, Edinburgh
Listing Name: North Bridge
Listing Date: 12 December 1974
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 370778
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30035
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200370778
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Blyth and Westland (engineers), with architectural details by Robert Morham, 1894-7. Bridge consisting of 3 wide spans, each constructed of 6 arched iron girders, on masonry piers. Decorative cast-iron arcading to spandrels, beneath consoled and festooned entablature. Canted ends and festooned tops to piers. Bronze plaque to centre (see Notes), and War Memorial (separately listed).
The foundation stone was laid on 25th May 1896, and the bridge was opened by Lord Provost Sir Andrew McDonald on 1st September 1897. The contractor was Sir William Arrol. The present bridge replaces one taken down in 1896, during the reconstruction and expansion of Waverley Station (also by Blyth and Westland). The old bridge was part of the great civic improvement scheme initiated by Lord Provost George Drummond, who laid the foundation stone in 1763. After a collapse in 1769, the bridge was finally opened in 1772.
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