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 #3 Bridge over monkland Canal, Roystonhill This bridge was built to carry Roystonhill (originally Garngad hill) over the Monkland Canal, at the north end of the canal's Townhead basin. It probably replaced an earlier wooden bridge of the standard Monkland Canal pattern. This view shows the bridge from the north west, looking towards the site of the basin. The canal had been drained, and the water culverted, to make way for motorway construction. The cast iron beams were cast by the Hydepark Foundry. This bridge was demolished soon after this photograph was taken. The Monkland Canal had been disused since the 1930s, but was maintained in water because it supplies water to the summit level of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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 #2 Broomielaw Bridge A view over a city river, with many pedestrians, horse drawn vehicles and open top omnibuses on the road bridge. A rail bridge is seen to the left of the road bridge. A cargo vessel is tied up at a quay between the bridges. Now Glasgow Bridge, previously Jamaica Bridge and Broomielaw Bridge. The original Broomielaw Bridge (1768) was deemed inadequate for the city's needs and replaced by one of Telford's design in 1833, which later proved insufficient and rebuilt 1894-1899.