Detail View: Charting The Nation: Sketch of a Bridge Waggon [i.e. wagon] Road. [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042447
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Shelfmark:
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RHP13269
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Holding Institution:
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National Archives of Scotland
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Title:
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Sketch of a Bridge Waggon [i.e. wagon] Road.
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Creator:
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Anonymous
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Date:
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1700-1799
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Description:
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This 18th century elevation drawing shows a bridge between Alloa shore and Coalhill titled 'Sketch of a bridge waggon roa[d]. 80 yards to be supported'. It depicts a roadway of planks laid across trestle type frames or couples. Notes in a different ink to the title and less tidy, although possibly written by the same person, give detailed measurements. The roadway was to be 5 foot wide of 5 inch planks laid over couples placed 9 foot apart. This is probably the waggonway built from the colliery in 1768. During the 18th century several short wagon ways were built at collieries, the earliest being built at Tranent colliery in 1722 and others along the Clyde in the 1750's.
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Work Type:
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Other graphic
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Measurement:
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21.2 x 13.2cm (8 3/8 x 5 3/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Uncoloured
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Subject Place:
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Alloa
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Subject Place:
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Clackmannanshire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Category:
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Roads
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Rights Statement:
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Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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39233848
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Repro Title:
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Sketch of a Bridge Waggon [i.e. wagon] Road. [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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7072 x 7072
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Repro ID Number:
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0042447c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00001735
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Repro Capture Date:
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04/12/2000 17:08:00
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