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A fact from Duchess Bridge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Duchess Bridge in Dumfries and Galloway is thought to be the oldest surviving iron bridge in Scotland?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duchess Bridge.

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 04:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Duchess Bridge in Dumfries and Galloway is thought to be the oldest surviving iron bridge in Scotland? Source: Historic Environment Scotland, "Probably the earliest existing iron bridge in Scotland."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Edward McClaren

Created by Girth Summit (talk). Self-nominated at 12:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Its long enough, it has lots of refs and make me want to travel out there and take a photo of it (not allowed in the Scottish Lockdown at the mo'). I can see no evidence of close paraphrasing. In progress. The hook is referenced and interesting. Oh dear, I was trying to stop this being an orphan but found that ... the bridge was given the go ahead in 1813 by a guy who died the previous year.... can that be right? Victuallers (talk) 15:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very good point Victuallers - it looks like I've got the wrong Duke, unless our article about him is wrong. Let me check the sources quickly and get back to you... GirthSummit _(blether) 15:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Victuallers please check again now. It was definitely the 3rd Duke that the house was built for, he's mentioned in the Gifford source, but the source that talks about the commissioning of the bridge just refers to 'the duke', so I'd missed the fact that the 3rd duke died and was succeeded by his son in 1812. I've added a note about that, so we're clear on who we're talking about. Thanks for spotting that, you have good eyes! GirthSummit _(blether) 15:45, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ done. Problem resolved. All checks out now and it isn't an orphan! Thanks for a nice article Victuallers (talk) 16:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]