Vintage watercolor Broomielaw bridge Glasgow
by Heidi De Leeuw
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Vintage watercolor Broomielaw bridge Glasgow
Artist
Heidi De Leeuw
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Painting - Enlarged And Restored Vintage Postcard
Description
Super high resolution image from a retouched and restored vintage postcard.
From an impressionist painting by Henri (Hendrik) Cassiers, who was the main illustrator for the Red Star Line Shipping Line.
The Broomielaw Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, was opened in 1836 as a replacement for an earlier bridge on the same site. Also known as Glasgow Bridge or Telford's Bridge, it consisted of seven arches built on piled foundations.
The bridge had to carry a considerable amount of traffic across the River Clyde from Jamaica Street to Bridge Street. In addition, the arches were too narrow for many of the new, larger ships coming up the river and the supports suffered from scouring. In 1895 work began on replacing it with a wider bridge which opened in 1899.
By public demand, the new bridge retained many of Telford's features, including the stonework. It is now known as the Jamaica Street or Glasgow Bridge.
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May 19th, 2015
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