The Alloa Swing Bridge was a railway swing bridge across the River Forth that connected Throsk and Alloa as part of the Alloa Railway. The structure was in use from 1885 until 1968.[1][2]
^"Alloa Bridge on 25 inch map Stirlingshire XVIII.6 (Airth; Alloa; St Ninians)". National Library of Scotland. 1897. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
The AlloaSwingBridge was a railway swingbridge across the River Forth that connected Throsk and Alloa as part of the Alloa Railway. The structure was...
Alloa Academy was built in 1824, being paid for by subscription. The AlloaSwingBridge was opened to the public on 1 October 1885. The population was 5,434...
Clackmannanshire Bridge, just upstream of the Kincardine Bridge, opened on 19 November 2008. A railway bridge, the AlloaSwingBridge, previously connected Alloa on...
miles (4.8 km) long, with a swingbridge over River Forth, and terminated at a piece of vacant ground in the town of Alloa, on the west side of the private...
to accommodate the Caledonian Railway using the station when the Alloaswingbridge and branch opened. Prior to these improvements the local newspaper...
ferry or seasonal ford) until the construction of the AlloaSwingBridge between Throsk and Alloa in 1885. The city has two Latin mottoes, which appeared...
beside the River Forth. There was a rail bridge between Throsk and Alloa sometime called the AlloaSwingBridge of which some video footage survives. Throsk...
that would allow larger ships to sail upstream to the small port at Alloa. The bridge is part of the A985 road (formerly A876), and carries a single lane...
repair the bridge. Tullibody, unlike Alloa, had its own Parish Church until the start of the 17th century when it lost its superior status and Alloa became...
Alloa Ferry station was the terminus on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (S&DR) Alloa Harbour branch line that ran from Alloa. It opened on 3 June...
service provides an hourly connection between Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street. The Clackmannanshire Bridge, a new road crossing of the Forth intended...
Platform by the Caledonian Railway. It was situated just south of the AlloaSwingBridge. The station became a junction during World War I when the Bandeath...
Duke of Richmond, being the first appointee. 1 October – the Alloa Railway's Alloaswingbridge over the River Forth is opened. 24 November – 18 December:...
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh....
supply coal to the stationary steam engine that operated the Forth SwingBridge from Alloa continued until May 1970. Passenger services on the Stirling to...
the Caledonian Railway opened a new line, the Alloa Railway to Alloa from the south using a swingbridge to cross the Forth. Moncrieffe Tunnel lay south...
Dunfermline Railway (now closed east of Alloa) until October 1968. Coal trains that formerly crossed the Forth Bridge en route to Longannet Power Station...
vicinity of Edinburgh, including the Ingliston park and ride, the Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine rail link, and the cancelled Edinburgh congestion charge. However...
Bridge. The central booking hall is just west of the northern massive stone pier of the bridge and cleverly hides it within its bulk. Waverley Bridge...
there were to be branches to Alloa and Tillicoultry. The line opened between Dunfermline and Alloa on 28 August 1850, and Alloa Harbour and Tillicoultry were...
two channels; the southern channel would be crossed by a swingbridge or a floating bridge, and the northern channel by a causeway. The Dundee and Perth...
3. 21 January 1907. "County Lads finish one up – Terris scores twice". Alloa Advertiser: 4. 14 September 1907. "Scottish Amateur League". Falkirk Herald:...
centre. It is on the Fife Circle Line, located just south of the Forth Bridge. The current station is the second to serve the town. The first station...
garden layout possibly similar to one that existed at the Optagon Park, Alloa Estate, Clackmannanshire; which in turn was after the Dutch taste and modelled...
ran via Millerhill village and Hardengreen, crossing the North Esk on a bridge 60 feet (18 m) high, and the main line was about 10+3⁄4 miles (17.3 km)...
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