John Fowler, Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge
John Fowler, Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge

Author: Iain Boyd Whyte

Publisher: Edition Axel Menges

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 3930698188

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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.

100 Years of the Forth Bridge
100 Years of the Forth Bridge

Author: Roland Paxton

Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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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.

The Bridge
The Bridge

Author: Iain Banks

Publisher: Little Brown GBR

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780316858540

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The 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.

The Forth Bridges Through Time
The Forth Bridges Through Time

Author: Michael Meighan

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-08-15

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1445640104

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Forth Bridges have changed and developed over the last century.

The Forth Bridge
The Forth Bridge

Author: Sir Benjamin Baker

Publisher: [London : s.n.], 1884 (London : Bedford Press)

Published: 1884

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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