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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KELSO BRIDGE | Kelso Bridge | William Smith Esq. writer Map of Kelso. Mr. Broomfield |
009.08 | The erection of this Bridge Commenced in 1800, and finished in 1803, at a cost of £18000. Its length, including the approaches is 494 feet; its width between the parapets is 25 feet, and height above the bed of the river 42 feet. It consists of 5 elliptical arches, each 72 feet in span, with intervening piers each 14 feet. It is built of beautiful light Colored Stone, exhibits on each Side 6 sets of handsome Columns, as well as ornamented parapets, and for general elegance and effect, is unsurpassed by any structure of its class in Scotland. The design was furnished by the late Mr. Rennie and was afterwards adopted by that distinguished Artist as the design for Waterloo Bridge, in London. |
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[Page] 82Town of Kelso Sheet 8
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