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Latitude: 55.5399 / 55°32'23"N
Longitude: -2.4636 / 2°27'48"W
OS Eastings: 370842
OS Northings: 627453
OS Grid: NT708274
Mapcode National: GBR C47C.FX
Mapcode Global: WH8YC.404V
Plus Code: 9C7VGGQP+XH
Entry Name: Kalemouth Suspension Bridge
Listing Name: Kalemouth Suspension Bridge, over River Teviot
Listing Date: 19 August 1977
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 335009
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB3849
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kalemouth Bridge
ID on this website: 200335009
Location: Eckford
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Jedburgh and District
Parish: Eckford
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
Tagged with: Suspension bridge
Mather, Kalemouth, Builder. Suspension bridge of chain-link
type. 180 feet long. 16 feet wide. Iron rod suspenders,
alternately fastened to centres of chain-links. Wooden deck.
Wooden railings. Two stone pylons at each end; defaed panels
on eastern ones.
Built c.1830. Captain Samuel Brown, RN, engineer. William
Built at expense of William Mein of Ormiston near confluence
of Kale Water with Teviot. Intended for carriages as well as pedestrians. There was formerly a toll or pontage for
crossing it
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