Aberfeldy Bridge

Artist: Tom Gomez
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Aberfeldy Bridge

Lt. General Wade’s Bridge at Aberfeldy in the Breadalbane region of Highland Perthshire (Breadalbane means “Highland Scotland” in Gaelic). Shot taken on Saturday 20th December 08 in the middle of our winter.

”... a freestone bridge over the Tay, of five arches, nearly 400ft. in length, the middle arch 60 feet wide, the starlings of oak and the piers and landbreasts founded on piles shod with iron….” (House of Commons Journal, 7th February 1734).

The bridge was first opened to traffic at the end of October 1733. Wade regarded it the greatest of his considerable achievements in road-making. In 9 years he had personally supervised the construction of over 250 miles of military roads in the Highlands – the first engineered roads in Britain since Roman times.

lt is now the only one of Wade’s 35 major bridges to remain in use as a public highway. Built for 18th century wheeled carriages, it survives to the 21st century as a great memorial to a great roadbuilding engineer.

Wade’s Bridge is a Category A listed structure of historic importance (HB Number 20861) under the care of Historic Scotland.

The River Tay, Scotland longest river, meanders across Scotland from Loch Tay before flowing out to sea at the Firth of Tay.

Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA)
Canon 18-55mm IS lens
Exif data from the JPG
F-stop f/5.6
ISO 200
Focal length 18 mm

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Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix.

Related shots can be found at: Highland Scotland.

Featured in : Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide : 22 Aug 09
Featured in : Stream Crossings : 23 Aug 09
Sold a Card on 26th Aug 09

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Tim Denny

Good job on this one Tom
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you kindly Tim …
BarbaraManis

Interesting looking bridge! Wonderful capture!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you Barbara, it is a very interesting bridge …
Smudger

this is one wonderful photograph
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Steve, very appreciated …
Delany Dean

Fascinating, and beautiful. Must view this one LARGE! I love the orange flowers in the foreground, a very nice touch.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you Delany, always pleased to have you visit …
cherylc1

Magnificant Tom!!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you again Cheryl …
Phil Thomson IPA

Excellent image with great composition and POV, and with the reflections it seems so well rounded and complete !!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you once again Phil, much appreciated …
LavenderMoon

Another gorgeous view of this one, Tom!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Robyn, much appreciated …
Trainman

What an unusual bridge Tom you certainly have the eye for the out of the norm Well taken Regards Dave.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you kindly Dave …
Robin Brown

Before the bridge was built I guess they had to ‘WADE’ across!!!! Stood on this bridge many times Tom, excellent shot. The locals fly fish using a bubble float so I am told. They say it works well but I’m sure its considered un-sporting!!
Tom Gomez replied

Cheers mate, glad you like it. I don’t know much about fishing though …
hilarydougill

Love it!!!! gorgeous capture and adore the bottom one with the golden cast. Beautiful. Your bios are marvellous. hugsxxx
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Hilary, so glad to have you visit …
shadyuk

Awesome shot !
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Dorothy, so pleased you like it …
Martina Fagan

A lovely capture great scene Tom
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you dear Tina, very much appreciated …
Noelene Davies

Fabulous and beautiful capture Tom.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Noelene, I’m pleased you like it …
Béla Török

Splendid work, Tom!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you Béla, much appreciated my friend …
Lucindawind

stunning ! love it
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you once again Elaine …
Linda Syms

Another great shot Tom
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you once again Linda, much appreciated …
Antanas

lovely capture, beautiful photo
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you kindly Antanas …
John44

Montreal calling
great moment nailed Tommy
John
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much John, sounds like you are having a great time in Canada …
paulscar

beautiful image!!!
Tom Gomez replied

So glad you like it Paul, much appreciated …
J.K. York

an amazing piece of 18th Century architecture. beautiful stonework. your love of bridges comes through here. well done.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you kindly James, very much appreciated my friend …
Philip Johnson

love it Tom , we had some great Scottish and Irish architects , but they called them “convicts” or “Assisted Immigrants”
Tom Gomez replied

Cheers mate, glad you like it.
The Scots and irish are everywhere. I believe some of those early Australian architects may also have been called sheep fanciers – hehehe
Philip Johnson

no they all went to new zealand
Tom Gomez replied

Excellent response – hehehe
dinghysailor1

LOL great capture tom and huge congrats on the feature.. a really lovely bridge!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Maggie …
georgieboy98

Terrific photo Tom and I particular like the way the shape of the bridge matches the shape of the background hill. We don’t get scenes like this out here! Regards, Peter
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Peter, much appreciated …
Paul Gregory

A lovely bridge and your photo certainly does it justice.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Paul, glad you like it …
rougepoppies

Beautiful picture!
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much, glad you like it …
Mayina

Superb shot Tom….........
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much dear Gwenda …
Elana Bailey

Great shot, Tom and congrats on the sale too. Cheers Elana.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you so much Elana, but how did you know I sold a card of this one?
Elana Bailey

Tom, I’d like to say it is because I am special but if you look under COMMUNITY and then SALES, you can see what images have been sold and who the person is that produced the work, but it doesn’t tell you in what form it was sold (ie card, t-shirt, matted print etc). Congrats anyway. Cheers Elana.
Tom Gomez replied

You clever thing, I never knew about this area …
DonDavisUK

A stunning capture Tom, love it. Don.
Tom Gomez replied

Thank you kindly Don …