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| Author | : Sheila McKay |
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| Release | : 2020-11-03 |
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| ISBN | : 9781780276960 |
The Forth Bridge was the greatest engineering feat the Victorian world had ever seen and remains, to this day, one of the great achievements of mankind. The Forth Bridge: A Picture History, tells the dramatic story of its construction using rare archive photographs.
| Author | : Elspeth Wills |
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| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2022-07-31 |
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| ISBN | : 9781839830044 |
The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic status as one of the great feats of western civilisation since its official opening in 1890. Lavishly illustrated throughout with stunning archive images, Elspeth Wills uncovers the human story behind 'the engineering marvel': the story of the Briggers. It is a story that has never been told before - of ordinary men working on an extraordinary structure in an often hostile and dangerous environment. Recognised throughout the world as an enduring icon of Scotland, the Forth Bridge is more than just a testament to the genius of Victorian engineering, it is a monument to all those who worked to realise its vision and to the scores of lives that were lost in the process. In this groundbreaking new work, Elspeth Wills gives a voice to the forgotten heroes who helped to make the ambition of the Bridge a reality.
| Author | : Edinburgh Bibliographical Society |
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| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 1901 |
| Genre | : Bibliography |
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| Author | : Erskine Beveridge |
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| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 1901 |
| Genre | : Dunfermline (Scotland) |
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| Author | : Roland Paxton |
| Publisher | : Thomas Telford Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : History |
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The fascinating story of the Forth Bridge is related here. The bridge is a functional monument, now transporting 200 trains a day and three million passengers a year, a symbol of Scotland and of human ingenuity, a pinnacle of Victorian enterprise and engineering, and a memorial to the men who died in its creation. As part of their contribution to the centenary of the Forth Bridge, a group of eminent engineers reassessed the bridge from the standpoint of current engineering knowledge. This lavishly illustrated book is the result.
| Author | : Iain Boyd Whyte |
| Publisher | : Edition Axel Menges |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 3930698188 |
When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890 it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth east of Edinburgh, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man's victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Not surprisingly, such a vigorous rebuff of the natural order was condemned at the time by those late Victorians who resisted the march of technology, and William Morris described the Bridge as the »supremest specimen of all ugliness«. In response, Benjamin Baker insisted that its beauty lay in its functional elegance. Contrasting his masterpiece with the only comparable structure of the period, the Eiffel Tower, he concluded: »The Eiffel Tower is a foolish piece of work, ugly, illproportioned and of no real use to anyone.
| Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
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| Total Pages | : 640 |
| Release | : 1902 |
| Genre | : English literature |
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| Author | : Henry Sotheran Ltd |
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| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1919 |
| Genre | : Booksellers' catalogs |
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| Author | : Barbara Henderson |
| Publisher | : Luath Press Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2023-09-22 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1804251283 |
The artist, the Blue Badge tour guide, the construction superintendent – join writer Barbara Henderson and photographer Alan McCredie for an A-Z glimpse behind the scenes at Scotland's iconic Forth Bridge. Packed with stories and anecdotes, meet the people whose lives are inextricably welded to the famous red girders: enthusiasts, professionals, residents, researchers, souvenir sellers, lifeboat crew, train drivers, writers and volunteers, all accompanied by images from the acclaimed photographer Alan McCredie. Whilst there are several photographic books on the Forth Bridge they mainly have an emphasis on the structure itself, not the people here and now. Made from Girders seeks to give a real sense of what the bridge means to people. This book will be of interest to people from the area or who have connections to the Forth Rail Bridge, as well as tourists visiting the area.
