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Description: | The image on the lid may well be of the famous bridge over the River Tay that links the small Perthshire town of Dunkeld with the village of Birnam. The bridge is a handsome one of five river and two land arches. The span of the centre arch is 90 feet, of the two adjoining it 84 feet, and of the two side arches 74 feet affording a clear waterway of 446 feet. The cost of the structure was about £14,000, half of which was paid by the Duke of Athol. No pedestrian or vehicle was allowed to pass without paying tolls, which were collected on behalf of the Duke. As time passed, the toll levied on each foot passenger caused a great deal of friction, leading to a series of disturbances known as the Toll Riots. Not that any of this story of conflict can be traced in the tranquil scene shown here! | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | mountain environment tree bridge architecture landscape decorative art river | Temporal: | start=1935-01-01; end=1938-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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