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[40] Design for a bridge, 1788, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/50
Purpose
[40] Design for a bridge, 1788, executed in part
Aspect
Plan of a three-span bridge with rounded ends to the piers, and with curved abutment walls terminating in quadrangular piers
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan for the Bridge at Kirkdale (and in the hand of William Adam) the seat of / Sir Samuel Hannay Bart with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- 1/12/1788
Albemarle Street / 1st Dec.r 1788.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (433x304)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 20
King, 2001, Volume 1, p. 138; Volume 2, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume 1, p. 138; Volume 2, p. 221
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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