Description
The Swinging Bridge or Bearney Footbridge, Herdman’s Mill in Sion mills, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
This cable bridge was built by the Herdman’s family to aid workers from Camus and Bearney districts to cross the river Mourne to the linen facility in Sion Mills
Sion Mills Historic Irish Linen Mill and Village. The “Rolls Royce” of the Linen industry, Sion Mills produced the finest Linen in the world for 170 years. The village, with its 40 listed buildings, houses a close-knit community of all denominations created by the Herdmans who founded it all in 1835
