Talk:North Bridge, Edinburgh

Scotland: Transport in Scotland Mid‑importance

	Scotland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ScotlandWikipedia:WikiProject ScotlandTemplate:WikiProject ScotlandScotland
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Transport in Scotland (assessed as Mid-importance).

Bridges and Tunnels Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Bridges and Tunnels, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of bridges and tunnels on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Bridges and TunnelsWikipedia:WikiProject Bridges and TunnelsTemplate:WikiProject Bridges and TunnelsBridge and Tunnel
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Edinburgh Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Edinburgh, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Edinburgh on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EdinburghWikipedia:WikiProject EdinburghTemplate:WikiProject EdinburghEdinburgh
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Highways: United Kingdom Mid‑importance

	Roads portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Highways, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of highways on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HighwaysWikipedia:WikiProject HighwaysTemplate:WikiProject HighwaysHighways
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the United Kingdom Roads Task Force.
	This article has been marked as needing an infobox.

‎

First North Bridge

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article states, "The first stone of the original bridge was laid on 21 October 1763 by the Lord Provost, George Drummond ... In that year, the North Loch, which separated the New from the Old Town, was drained, and the mud removed."

There are two issues here. First, the Nor' Loch cannot have separated the Old Town from New Town in 1763, because the New Town did not exist at that time. Second, I believe that the Nor' Loch wasn't drained until quite some time after the completion of the First New Town. (If it has been otherwise, there would have been no need to build The Mound in the 1780s.)

If any editor can improve this wording, that would be helpful. If not, I will have a shot at doing it myself. Mike Marchmont (talk) 14:57, 27 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Add topic