Glasgow Road crossing Gruggies Burn
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Glasgow Road crossing Gruggies Burn
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 1 Jun 2012
I saw no signs of very old structures here, but the burn used to be crossed at this point by a bridge (1768) built by John Brown (Image). Elsewhere in Dumbarton, he had already built a bridge over the Leven: Image There had been an earlier stone bridge (c.1663) over Gruggies Burn. Before that, there had been at least one timber bridge (probably several of them in succession). See Image for more information on the burn and on all of the bridges mentioned above; that picture was taken from the modern bridge that is shown in the present photograph, and which carries Glasgow Road over the burn.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.94173
Longitude
-4.552982