Talk:Kirkdale Bridge
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 07:53, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that Robert Adam's plans for Kirkdale Bridge were substantially more elaborate than the structure that Sir Samuel Hannay was eventually willing to pay for on his estate in Dumfries and Galloway? Source: The Soane Museum drawings show a much more ambitious project for the bridge than was in fact built.. ...As with all Adam's plans for the Kirkdale estate, more economical less fanciful schemes were the ones adopted. This is also discussed in the offline sources referenced in the article, eg Hume: "planned as a neo-Egyptian extravaganza... ...as built, plain and workmanline, though handsomely proportioned, and doubtless easier on Sir Samuel's purse".
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Girth Summit (talk). Self-nominated at 15:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC).
Hi Girth, nice article! Review: it's new and long enough, well-sourced and neutrally written, no copyvio detected by Earwig's tool, QPQ done, hook is interesting, AGF on the offline source. Is "John Hannay" a typo? It's Samuel in the article. DanCherek (talk) 15:14, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- DanCherek How on earth did I manage that? I've no idea who John Hannay is, don't know what I was thinking. Changed in the hook, and thanks! GirthSummit (blether) 17:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Should be good to go. DanCherek (talk) 17:26, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
- DanCherek How on earth did I manage that? I've no idea who John Hannay is, don't know what I was thinking. Changed in the hook, and thanks! GirthSummit (blether) 17:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
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