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Actions	Claddagh Bridge, Plans & Drawings, 1932-1963 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleCladdagh Bridge, Plans & Drawings, 1932-1963 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGC/CS/003(b) Date1932-1963 CreatorCounty Suveryor's office Production date 1932 - 1963 Scope and Content Plans and drawings (primarily copies) of Claddagh Bridge (also known as the Wolfe Tone Bridge) over the River Corrib, relating to its proposed reconstruction (1932-33) drawn by Nicholas O'Dwyer, Consulting Engineer, Veritas House, Dublin, and its widening (1963). Includes: - Proposed reconstruction of Bridge, alternative designs, (Oct 1932) Drawing No. 1 (228) - Elevation beams, Drawing No. 2 (Mar 1933) (223); - Layout plan of Decking (May1933) (224); - Details of parapets, includes schedule of steel. Scale 1/4", 1/2", 1" to 1 ft (Dec 1933) Drawing No. 5 (226); - Proposed widening, preliminary scheme, Plan at Deck level. May 1963; - Map showing property to be acquired from Thomas McDonagh & Sons Ltd, for widening of bridge [1963); - Plans of beam detail for proposed widening (July 1963) together with covering letter from Nicholas O'Dwyer & Sons, Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (June 1963). Also includes - OPW maps of Corrib-Clare Catchment Drainage Scheme, bridges on River Corrib, showing elevations of the Salmon Weir and Wolfe Tone Bridges (1955), Signed by Chief Engineer. Has colour tint; and a colour postcard of 'River Corrib and Claddagh Bridge, Galway' (printed by Dollard). Scale 10 ft to an inch, horizontial and vertical. Extent10 items Physical descriptionLarge outsize plans LanguageEnglish Persons keyword Nicholas O'Dwyer SubjectBridges, Salmon Weir Bridge, Canals Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Levelfile Hierarchy browser GC/ Galway County Council 1899-fonds contains 23 parts GC/CS/ County Surveyor's Office 1911-1947sub-fonds contains 18 parts GC/CS/003(b) Claddagh Bridge, Plans & Drawings, 1932-1963 1932-1963file

TitleCladdagh Bridge, Plans & Drawings, 1932-1963

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGC/CS/003(b)

Date1932-1963

Production date 1932 - 1963

Scope and Content

Plans and drawings (primarily copies) of Claddagh Bridge (also known as the Wolfe Tone Bridge) over the River Corrib, relating to its proposed reconstruction (1932-33) drawn by Nicholas O'Dwyer, Consulting Engineer, Veritas House, Dublin, and its widening (1963). Includes:

- Proposed reconstruction of Bridge, alternative designs, (Oct 1932) Drawing No. 1 (228)

- Elevation beams, Drawing No. 2 (Mar 1933) (223);

- Layout plan of Decking (May1933) (224);

- Details of parapets, includes schedule of steel. Scale 1/4", 1/2", 1" to 1 ft (Dec 1933) Drawing No. 5 (226);

- Proposed widening, preliminary scheme, Plan at Deck level. May 1963;

- Map showing property to be acquired from Thomas McDonagh & Sons Ltd, for widening of bridge [1963);

- Plans of beam detail for proposed widening (July 1963) together with covering letter from Nicholas O'Dwyer & Sons, Burlington Road, Dublin 4 (June 1963).

Also includes

- OPW maps of Corrib-Clare Catchment Drainage Scheme, bridges on River Corrib, showing elevations of the Salmon Weir and Wolfe Tone Bridges (1955), Signed by Chief Engineer. Has colour tint; and a colour postcard of 'River Corrib and Claddagh Bridge, Galway' (printed by Dollard). Scale 10 ft to an inch, horizontial and vertical.

Extent10 items

Physical descriptionLarge outsize plans

LanguageEnglish

Persons keyword Nicholas O'Dwyer

SubjectBridges, Salmon Weir Bridge, Canals

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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