Do you remember the Half Penny Bridge? Beautiful views as you walked across it but sadly it had to go, there follows another two photographs showing the bridge as it goes into the beck; during demolition on 17th December 1974. The cost of building the bridge (by Gilkes Wilson of Middlesbrough) was around £7,000 and sadly three men lost their lives whilst working on it. Eric Johnson comments: “Shades of the Tay bridge collapse, also built by Gilkes Wilson of Middlesbrough, another link with the Tay bridge was James Brunlees (later knighted) designer of Kilton viaduct, asked to design the replacement bridge his plan was rejected because he wanted to reuse salvaged parts of the old bridge. In the event the contractors did use parts of the old Tay bridge, to save time and money. the old piers can still be seen in the Firth of Tay.
Image courtesy of Howard Wilson, thanks also to Eric Johnson for the update.
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