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Author: Sheila McKay
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Published: 2020-11-03
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ISBN-13: 9781780276960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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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Published: 2022-07-31
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781839830044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sheila Mackay
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sheila Mackay
Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781841589350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt may perhaps interest you if I mention a few figures in connexion with the construction of the bridge. Its extreme length, including the approach viaduct, is 2,765 yards, one and one-fifth of a mile, and the actual length of the cantilever portion of the bridge is one mile and 20 yards - about eight millions of rivets have been used in the bridge and 42 miles of bent plates used in the tubes, about the distance between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The works were commenced in April 1883, and its highly to the credit of everyone engaged in the operation that a structure so stupendous and so exceptional in its character should have been completed within seven years' - HRH The Prince of Wales, 4 March 1890 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: Iain Banks
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780316858540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, you'd think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you've left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, THE BRIDGE is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos and elegant absurdities.
Author: Wilhelm Westhofen
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Benjamin Baker
Publisher: [London : s.n.], 1884 (London : Bedford Press)
Published: 1884
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Roland Paxton
Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Sheila Mackay
Publisher: Stationery Office/Tso
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780114951832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a pictorial story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian Age - the construction of the Forth Bridge. This collection of photographs, taken over the seven years in which construction of the bridge was completed, bear witness to the dramatic scale of the project.
