Langholm Bridge Traditional Cache
Susie.Susie.Sue.Sue: Archiving
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small magnetic cache, room for smaller swaps and TBs
The cache is located on the Langholm Bridge please DO NOT stop on the bridge to retrieve as it is very busy. For many years the only bridge across the River Esk lay the better part of a mile to the south of Langholm, at Skipper Bridge. This restricted the growth of the town to the east side of the river. This all changed in 1788 when the Duke of Buccleuch founded what was originally called New Langholm as a grid-plan settlement on the west bank of the River Esk, connected to the existing town by a new bridge, Langholm Bridge. Today the main road running west from Langholm Bridge is called Thomas Telford Road, in memory of one of Langholm's most famous sons. Thomas Telford was born nearby in 1757 and apprenticed in Langholm as a mason: before later going on to transform much of Scotland with his roads, canals, harbours and churches. Telford's local origins are remembered both in the name of a road and in the form of a small length of wall opposite the Old Library that backs onto the Town Hall. This wall was made as an apprentice-piece by Thomas Telford during his training in the town. The location is fitting as the library was originally endowed by Telford.
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