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Composite photograph of an artist's impression of the bridge seen from the South West shore. Insc. 'The Forth Bridge. Engineers Sir John Fowler, B. Baker Esq. Length including Viaduct 8098 Feet. Lengt ...

SC 1312307

Description Composite photograph of an artist's impression of the bridge seen from the South West shore. Insc. 'The Forth Bridge. Engineers Sir John Fowler, B. Baker Esq. Length including Viaduct 8098 Feet. Length of Central Girder 350 Feet. Width of Central Girder 28 Feet. Diameter of Largest Tubes 12 Feet. Height extreme 369 Feet. Spans each 1710 Feet. Headway 150 Feet. Diameter of Piers 49 Feet. Length of three Cantilevers 5350 Feet. Width of each Cantilever top 33 Feet. Depth at end of Cantilever 40 Feet. Depth at end of Cantilever 40 Feet. Diameter of smallest Tubes 3 Feet. Contractors Tanered Arrol & Co. Copyright Entered at Stationershall.' Lantern slide.

Date c. 1880 to 1889

Collection General Collection. Glass Lantern Slides

Catalogue Number SC 1312307

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 81776 S

Medium Glass

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1312307

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 391) General Collection. Glass Lantern Slides

Sub-Group Level (551 391/2) Forth Bridge under construction from Edinburgh Public Library

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