Glasgow New Suspension Bridge Act 1854
WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient that a Bridge for Foot Passengers should be erected across the River Clyde, from a Point on the North Bank of the said River Forty Yards or thereby to the East of the Humane Society House, to a Point on the South Bank of the said River at or near to the North End of MacNeil Street in the City of Glasgow, for the Accommodation of the numerous Persons who require to cross the said River at the said Points, and who at present are conveyed in open Boats: And ...