The Bridge at Glendun
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A lovely combination of nature and human endeavour on a Royal Plate to start the week. A beautiful scene in Glendun in the Glens of Antrim with a fine viaduct crossing a valley while Jaunty waits patiently as Mr. French goes about his photography!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_02276
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_02276
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JohnFinn
It's still standing: www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8391278583/in/photolis...
suckindeesel
Drone view youtu.be/b2IrqiA3PZQ Not a railway viaduct but part of the Coast Rd project
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I had wrongly presumed railway!
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"The Glendun Viaduct known locally as ‘The Big Bridge’ was built between 1834 and 1839 as part of the Coast Road project. It spans the river Dun in the centre of the glen and is reputed to be one of the finest structures of its kind in The British Isles. The engineer for the coast road was William Bald and his surveyor was Sir Charles Lanyon. ..." More history - antrimhistory.net/whats-that-the-glendun-viaduct/#:~:text....
Niall McAuley
Streetview
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Streetview is a bit patchy and wooded around there, so here is Satellite 3D - www.google.com/maps/@55.1219568,-6.1003181,44a,35y,96.87h...
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A couple of nearby Royal plates - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000039946 (long view) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000324594 (reverse view from on top of the bridge)
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
Bridges and buildings built by Irish convicts "transported" to Van Diemen's Land, by the British are still standing.
O Mac
1839 maps.app.goo.gl/AEacG753w2J5zPmj7
Niall McAuley
Not much dateable in nearby shots. L_ROY_02292 looks like Jaunty by the sea, so 1890s?
oaktree_brian_1976
that's a great photo
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Yes, great shot, nobody else seems able to get one as good.
oaktree_brian_1976
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I must visit Ireland one day, scenic and so lovely.
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Locals will already know all this, but I wondered why such a substantial non-railway bridge was built in the middle of nowhere over a relatively small river. Department of Sledgehammers & Nuts? No, the viaduct was part of a large project, the Antrim Coast Road - "... a great project was conceived as a ‘grand military way’ to give better access after the 1798 rebellion. It opened up the Glens, and gave some form of unemployment relief in the days just before the 1845 potato famine. ... " From - www.burntisland.net/bald-orr-road.pdf More - www.causewaycoastalroute.com/antrim-coast-road William Bald's ggg-granddaughter visits - www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37575993
suckindeesel
https://flic.kr/p/2nweykm
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Mr French / Lawrence seems to have visited this bridge several times ... A couple of mistitled Cabinet photos taken on the same day (by that sharp shadow on the road, and the striped field on the left) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335730 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335729 Different, later date (by vegetation), with a party of tourists, NB woman in white - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336488 (group up on the bridge) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336487 (group posing on a side car) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336486 (more posing) Different larger party - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336485 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334625 And some Imperial plates (later? than today's photo) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000327924 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328014 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000329185 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000329186 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000327923 I think today's photo is the earliest visit on a particularly clear fine day.
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ps I am not convinced that is Mr Jaunty - in my humble he is not
over-dressedwell-tailored and slim enough!oisin121
Great feat of engineering, whatever it took in securing the realm, and time for a photo or two? Nice to be British in 19th Century Ireland.