This fantastic aerial photo was taken by the late Neil Gordon and shared here recently by his brother Robert. Taken in 1999, it shows the construction of the current David Livingstone Memorial Bridge over the River Clyde near Blantyre Weir. These were days before drone photography and to get aerial shots like these back then, […]
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Railway Bridge over Clay Road, 1898
1999 Collapsing the Bridge
The David Livingstone Memorial bridge in the 1980s and 1990s had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. This had largely been caused by a dispute between Hamilton District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council as to who should maintain and paint it. The bridge was declared unsafe due to deterioration caused by rust. When the […]
Milheugh Bridge, c1900
This postcard if of Millheugh Bridge, (spelling with a double L in this particular card). Shared to Blantyre Project recent from Gordon Cook, it was sent in November 1909 from E. H. S. of 1 Joanna Terrace, Blantyre, to Mrs Corson, who was staying at the Hotel Metropole in Las Palmas. E. H. S. was […]
Construction of David Livingstone Memorial Bridge
A fantastic photo I’ve only seen for the first time this week, shared here. These are the construction workers at Blantyre’s David Livingstone Memorial Bridge during the early 1950s. The old suspension bridge was away and construction of the new bridge had started, with scaffolding in place and the beams being hoisted into position. Rather […]
1931 Glasgow Road
During 1931 and 1932, contractors removed the old rusty iron bridges (erected in 1878) and replaced them with modern trusses. Starting at Low Blantyre, the contractor’s worked their way up the Auchenraith line towards High Blantyre. The first bridge to be renovated was known as “Bridge 1”, a railway bridge crossing over Glasgow Road at […]
1950s Milheugh Bridge
This photo first appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser around June or July 1950, 71 years ago . The caption reads, “The designers of the new Milheugh Bridge which spans the River Calder near High Blantyre have departed from stereotyped construction with happy result.” The view looks downstream, the road up to Malcolmwood leading out to […]