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Bridge of Oich
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Great Britain
Scotland
Aberchalder
Hambourg Fort Augustus
Oich
Street
Chain bridge
Iron, stone
1854
19.00 m
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0.00 m2
in operation
Source WIKIPEDIA:
The bridge of Oich is a 44 m long chain suspension bridge, which Pfeiler consist of stone over the river Oich. It is located south of Fort Augustus at the village of Aberchalder, in the Scottish Highlands.

1849 destroyed a flood that came through the Great Glen and passed the Caledonian Canal, the stone bridge over the Oich. For the re-establishment of the bridge were needed 5 years until they could be opened for traffic.

The design of the iron bridge was designed by James dredge. To do this, former Brewers, who trained as an engineer to used, patented taper principle ("taper principle"). It took a single bridge over the River, to cross the river. Thus a stone bridge was eliminated. Advanced design dredges differed from a normal suspension bridge, because their links were made from thinner.

The bridge helped the Highland economy on the jumps. Earlier carried food with the help of pack animals over bad roads. Until the construction of roads and the construction of the Caledonian Canal Thomas Telford advanced communication and thus the economy. Well, there was a stagecoach service three times a week. The bridge was used by wool and horse traders. Also the large droves of cattle, which moved to the South were the first tourists, and every autumn. The larger cargo ships using the Canal in the direction of North of Scotland on their journey. In 1932, the bridge over the Canal of less was used because the traffic needed larger bridges.

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