Kilbowie Swing Bridge
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Kilbowie Swing BridgeOpened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway.
Description
This swing bridge crossed the Forth and Clyde Canal in Clydebank, near Kilbowie Road station. It linked the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, on the south bank of the canal, to the Singer Works, on the north bank.
It was a single track bridge, pivoted on the north bank and hand cranked. It was built at the Dalmarnock Iron Works.
An intervention by the North British Railway stopped the L&D from using the bridge.
An exchange yard was built just to the east, on the north side of the station and south bank of the canal.
The bridge was heavily used during the Great War when the works was given over to military use but saw considerably less use after the war. (Possibly largely timber movements to the timber yard at the west end of the Singer Works.)
It no longer exists, although the abutments can still be found on either side of the canal.
Tags
Swing Bridge| Nearby stations Kilbowie Singer Workers Platforms Singer Kilbowie [1st] Clydebank Clydebank East Dalmuir Riverside Clydebank Riverside Dalmuir [1st] Dalmuir Drumry Yoker Yoker Ferry Renfrew Wharf Renfrew Fulbar Street | Singer Works Clydebank Central Junction Singer Works Locomotive Shed Post Office Submarine Cable Depot Dalmuir Royal Naval Stores Depot Dalmuir Clydebank Goods Junction Kilbowie Iron Works Dalmuir No 23 Tunnels Lidgerwood Siding Clydebank Goods Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works Turners Asbestos Cement Works Dalmuir No 25 Tunnel Newshot Island Tourist/other Titan Crane [Clydebank] |
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