Spring Road Trip Drive Over Old Logierait Railway Bridge Atholl Higland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, over the old railway bridge over the River Tay on ancestry history visit to Logierait, Scottish Gaelic: Lag an Ratha in Atholl, Highland Perthshire. Opened in 1865 by the Inverness & Perth Junction Railway, the bridge at Logierait, often known as Tay Viaduct, comprises two 137-foot spans over the river, each formed of two lattice girders. These weigh a little over 100 tonnes a piece and gave the bridge a working load of 88 tonnes. It features side spans at both ends. Alexander Mackenzie, born January 28, 1822, died April 17, 1892, was a Scottish-Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait. He left school at the age of 13, following his father's death to help his widowed mother, and trained as a stonemason. Mackenzie immigrated to Canada when he was 19, settling in what became Ontario. His masonry business prospered, allowing him to pursue other interests – such as the editorship of a pro-Reformist of a newspaper called the Lambton Shield. Mackenzie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1861, as a supporter of George Brown. In 1867, Mackenzie was elected to the new House of Commons of Canada for the Liberal Party. He became leader of the party, thus Leader of the Opposition, in mid-1873, and a few months later succeeded John A. Macdonald as prime minister. He died in Toronto and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
John McIntosh, born March 4, 1796, died July 3, 1853, was a Scottish Canadian businessman, ship's captain and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Colarich, in the parish of Logierait, Atholl, and emigrated to Quebec in 1800 or 1801 with his family. They moved to York, Toronto, in 1803. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812 and was captured by the Americans at York. After the war, John and his brothers piloted a number of ships on the Great Lakes. John McIntosh was the caption of the Three Brothers. He was also the proprietor of the Sun Tavern until he sold it to Thomas Elliot who called it Elliot’s Sun Tavern. He married in 1824 and received enough property from his father in law to allow him to retire and devote his time to politics. In 1834, McIntosh was elected in the 4th riding of York as a Reformer; he was reelected in 1836. Although he supported William Lyon Mackenzie during the 1830s, he did not agree with all of Mackenzie's ideas and took no part in the Upper Canada Rebellion. McIntosh's second wife, Helen, was the sister of Mackenzie's wife. He opposed the union of Upper and Lower Canada and was defeated by Robert Baldwin in 1841 when he campaigned for reelection in 4th York. In 1849, he allowed William Lyon Mackenzie to stay at his home after Mackenzie's return from exile on March 22, 1849. That evening a mob assembled at the McIntosh property until several hundreds of Torontonians had gathered. The angry mob vandalized the McIntosh home, despite a police presence, in protest of Mackenzie's return. He died in Toronto in 1853.
Robert McIntosh, a Scottish convict from Glasgow, was transported aboard the America on April 4, 1829, settling in New South Wales, Australia; William McIntosh, a Scottish convict from Edinburgh, was transported aboard the Anna Maria on March 6, 1848, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Peter McIntosh, born 1760 in Inverness, Highlands, settled in South Glengarry, Lancaster, Ontario, he served in the Kings Royal Regiment of New York, and married to Jane Fraser, he died in 1813; Alexander McIntosh, arrived in Maryland, America, in 1716; Duncan McIntosh, arrived in South Carolina, America, in 1716; Thomas McIntosh, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1803; Allen McIntosh, aged 51,arrived in New York, America, in 1812.


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