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Battlefield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde . The area takes its name from the Battle of Langside of 1568 in which Mary, Queen of Scots ' army was defeated by forces acting in the name of her infant son, James VI .
The Clyde Arc (known locally as the Squinty Bridge) is a road bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, connecting Finnieston near the SEC Armadillo and SEC with Pacific Quay and Glasgow Science Centre in Govan. Prominent features of the bridge are its innovative curved design, and that it crosses the river at an angle.
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The original bridge was completed in 1772, and was designed by William Mylne and built by civil engineer John Smeaton. [1] Its seven-arch structure was honoured by Thomas Telford , the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who replaced it in 1833 [ 2 ] with a design built by John Gibb & Son for £34,000.
Western façade of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art.. The city is notable for architecture designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928). Mackintosh was an architect and designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and the main exponent of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom, designing Glasgow buildings such as the Glasgow School of Art, Willow Tearooms and the Scotland Street ...
City Union Railway Bridge. The City Union Bridge is a bridge on the River Clyde in Glasgow.It was opened in 1899. [1] It was once a busy main route in and out of St Enoch station but that terminus closed in 1966 and was demolished in 1977, and since then the bridge is only used for empty stock movements, as the bridge forms a key link between Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central.
Tradeston (Scots: Tredstoun) is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde. The name (a portmanteau of "Trades Town") reflected its role as a primarily dockland area with a large number of warehouses and wharves along the riverside were vessels would be unloaded.