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Latitude: 55.9443 / 55°56'39"N
Longitude: -4.5753 / 4°34'30"W
OS Eastings: 239268
OS Northings: 675358
OS Grid: NS392753
Mapcode National: GBR 0L.YJ3Y
Mapcode Global: WH3NJ.PVHD
Plus Code: 9C7QWCVF+PV
Entry Name: Dumbarton Bridge, River Leven, Bridge Street, Dumbarton
Listing Name: Dumbarton Bridge (Over River Leven)
Listing Date: 3 March 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 360987
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24879
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dumbarton, Bridge Street, River Leven, Dumbarton Bridge
ID on this website: 200360987
Location: Dumbarton
County: West Dunbartonshire
Town: Dumbarton
Electoral Ward: Dumbarton
Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge
John Brown of Dumbarton, Architect. Built 1765; widened, with
iron cantilevers, 1884, W R Copeland of Glasgow, engineer;
ironwork repaired and concrete balustrade added 1933-4, Mr
Jeffrey of Dumbarton, engineer. 5 segmental arches over River
Leven; rounded cutwaters to both faces, continued to full
height as buttresses. Ashlar; voussoirs carried into
spandrels as diagonal masonry.
Category B only because of alterations.
RHP 3493 in SRO is a drawing for a proposed bridge at
Dumbarton, dated 1684. By 1683, stones were being quarried
for work to begin. Only in the next century when it seemed
that the Leven might be bridged further north, thus isolating
Dumbarton, was this present structure built.
Shortly after building was completed, one pier failed,
bringing down 2 arches, but repairs were completed by 1768.
Advert in the NORTH BRITISH ADVERTISER 9.9.1843 invites
tenders for " .... widening the roadway and erecting
footpaths on the bridge in wrought and cast iron ......"
It is not clear whether this work was done.
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