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Survey of Private Collections. Photographs of the Forth Road Bridge

551 262/229

Description Survey of Private Collections. Photographs of the Forth Road Bridge

Date 1960 to 1964

Collection Survey of Private Collections

Catalogue Number 551 262/229

Category All Other

Scope and Content Copies of 35mm transparencies showing the building of the Forth Road Bridge, 1960-4. The original transparencies were taken by Mr R B Wood, who held the positions of Local Director and Construction Manager with Sir WIlliam Arrol and Co Ltd.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1540819

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Collection Level (551 262) Survey of Private Collections

> Group Level (551 262/229) Survey of Private Collections. Photographs of the Forth Road Bridge

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957611 Counterweight towers, tramway drive machine, Despatcher's cabin, and South Anchorage area. Cable spinning halted by severe wintry conditions. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 1/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957612 Main cable strands with temporary compression clamps. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957613 Wire adjustment control point at mid-span. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957614 Live wire guide sheaves on upstream footwalk. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957615 Cable strands showing colour coding of individual Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957616 Strand shoe, anchor bolts, crosshead, and hydraulic adjustment jack in cable anchorage. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957617 Rock-fill causeway to North Main Tower damaged by storm. View South. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 2/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957618 Main span catwalks. View from River Forth. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 3/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957619 Storage area for fabricated steelwork at Drem Airfield, East Lothian. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 3/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957620 Treated road deck and footway panels in storage at Drem Airfield, East Lothian. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 3/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957621 Main towers with footwalks in main and side spans. View from South Queensferry pier. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 4/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957622 Cable anchorage with 17 cable strands completed. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 5/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957623 Maintenance of tramway system on upstream footwalk, north side span. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 5/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957624 Strands of upstream cable in main span. View looking north from mid-span. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 5/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957625 Downstream cable spinning wheels crossing at mid-span. View looking east. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 5/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957626 Unreeling machines and drums of bridge wire in the unreeling area, south working area. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 6/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957627 Cantilever construction of deck stiffening trusses on south side of South Main Tower. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 6/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957628 Storm ties and cable formers securing completed cable strands. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 6/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957629 Delivery of bridge wire coils by rail to South Queensferry. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 6/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957630 Despatchers recording progress of cable spinning in Despatcher's cabin, south anchorage. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 7/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957631 Arrival of south-bound spinning wheel in the south anchorage after final trip. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 8/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957637 Cable compaction in progress on downstream cable in main span. Temporary galvanised steel straps at 750mm spacing. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 8/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957638 North approach roads from North Main Tower. Compaction in progress on downstream cable. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 8/1962 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 957639 Winch installed at the South Main Tower for suspender erection. Copy of original 35mm colour transparency Survey of Private Collection 8/1962 Item Level

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