OPINION: Inverness bridge still going strong even if it is now misnamed By Contributor Published: 12:01, 06 March 2021
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Columnist Bill McAllister. Picture by: Gary Anthony.
Itâs never been the colour which it takes its name from, but its original version was a key asset in the growth of Inverness, and last Friday was the 125th anniversary of its opening.
Mrs MacBean, wife of Provost William MacBean, performed the inaugural ceremony as the five-span grey-blue lattice-girder Waterloo Bridge, standing on iron columns and fashioned by the Rose Street Foundry, came into service.
Down Memory Lane: Dam-builder extraordinaire helped defend Suez Canal by Bill McAllister By Contributor Published: 07:30, 24 January 2021
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Pictured from the International Space Station, the Aswan Dam in Egypt separates Lake Nasser from the Nile River. Picture: NASA/Wikimedia Commons
This year marks the centenary of Invernessâs civil engineering icon Sir Murdoch MacDonald ending his 23-year connection with the Egyptian government as an expert on major dams and irrigation projects.
He would go on to be MP for Inverness â and to persuade the secretary of state for Scotland to issue an order to protect the Loch Ness Monster!