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Image Not Available for Piece Of The Ribbon Broken By The Steamship RUBISLAW - The First Vessel Through New Regent Bridge
Piece Of The Ribbon Broken By The Steamship RUBISLAW - The First Vessel Through New Regent Bridge
Image Not Available for Piece Of The Ribbon Broken By The Steamship RUBISLAW - The First Vessel Through New Regent Bridge

Piece Of The Ribbon Broken By The Steamship RUBISLAW - The First Vessel Through New Regent Bridge

Associated (steamer built in Aberdeen in 1905)
Date1904
Object NameRibbon
ClassificationsMaritime History
DimensionsOverall: Length: 6.5 cm, Width: 6.8 cm
LocationOn Display - Aberdeen Maritime Museum
Object numberABDMS031549
Keywords
About MeThis ribbon relates to the opening of Regent Bridge at Aberdeen Harbour in 1904. The bridge separated the Upper and Victoria Docks and replaced a hand-operated drawbridge, installed when the wet dock system was completed in 1850.

The new Regent Bridge was a steel swing bridge operated by hydraulic power and carrying two railway tracks, two lines of road traffic and two footpaths. The replacement work also provided an opportunity to widen the passage between the two docks to 67 feet, as shipping using the port increased in size.

Regent Bridge was removed in the 1970s, together with the dock gates, when Aberdeen Harbour was redeveloped to provide 24 hour access for North Sea oil industry shipping.

Programme For The Opening Of The New Regent Bridge, Aberdeen Harbour, 29 December 1904
Programme For The Opening Of The New Regent Bridge, Aberdeen Harbour, 29 December 1904
Rubislaw
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SS RUBISLAW - Cargo And Passenger Steamer Model
SS RUBISLAW - Cargo And Passenger Steamer Model
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Image Not Available for Black and white photograph of the steamship 'Empire Deben' of the Shaw Savill Line
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Reference For William Petrie From J Clark Of The Mercantile Steamship Co
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Reference For William Petrie From The Mercantile Steamship Co Ltd
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Letter To William Petrie From The Mercantile Steamship Co Ltd Regarding A Reference
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Reference For William Petrie From The Mercantile Steamship Co
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