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Forth Rail Bridge

551 1/4/7/44/1

Description Forth Rail Bridge

Date 8/1988

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/4/7/44/1

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1609781

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Collection Level (551 1) Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 1/4) National Survey Programmes

>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7) Threatened Buildings Survey Programme

>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7/44) Threatened Buildings Survey 1988

>>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/7/44/1) Forth Rail Bridge

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728409 View of the South portal from the South at deck level, halfway through stone cleaning. Digital image of B 3351 CN. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728411 Detail of the tubular section and the latticed steel bracing in the Queensferry erection. Digital image of B 3349 CN. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728287 View of the West side of the North cantilever of the Fife erection seen from the South East with the Forth Road Bridge in the background. Digital image of B 3244. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728291 View from the North of Mr Alex White (Bridge Inspector) standing on top of the Fife erection. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728294 View from the top of the Fife erection at Forth Bridge looking North at the track below. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728325 View from the top of the Fife erection onto the tracks and a passing goods train. Digital image of B 3298 CN. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728335 Detail of the expansion joint in the Forth Bridge rails. Digital image of B 3153 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728340 Detail of the drums of Forth Bridge red paint (made by Craig & Rose Plc. in Leith). Digital image of B 3350 CN. 29/8/1998 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728353 View from the West of the Queensferry erection (seen from the rescue boat). Digital image of B 3440. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728362 General view from the South West (seen from the rescue boat). Digital image of B 3315 CN. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728370 View of the Forth Bridge from the South East from the rescue boat with the Forth Road Bridge in the background. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728379 View of the South cantilever of the Queensferry erection and Inchgarvie Island seen from the top of the Forth Bridge South portal. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728337 View from between the piers supporting the Queensferry erection seen from the South from the rescue boat. Digital image of B 3339 CN. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728328 View from the East of the top part of the North portal. Digital image of B 3251. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728324 View from Forth Bridge down onto the North portal from the top of the North cantilever of the Fife erection. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728342 Detailed view of the latticed steelwork bracing in the Fife erection. Digital image of B 3311 CN. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728327 Mr Alex White, Forth Bridge Inspector, on the North cantilever of the Fife erection. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728341 Detail of the wooden hatches on top of the Fife erection. Digital image of B 3408. 31/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728289 Detail of painters' mobile gantry resting on the parapet of the South approach viaduct. Digital image of B 3163. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728338 View from below of the piers supporting the South approach viaduct (seen from the rescue boat). Digital image of B 3419. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728375 Detail of the commemorative plaque inside the South portal: 'Forth Bridge commenced April 1883 opened by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales March 4th 1890.' Digital image of B 3352 CN. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728417 View of the bothy at the trackside on the East side of the Queensferry erection. Digital image of B 3346 CN. 29/8/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728336 Detail of the navigation light beneath the Inchgarvie erection. Digital image of B 3430. 9/9/1988 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 728334 South approach viaduct - detail of the change from conventional rails (top) to the special Forth Bridge rails (fixed directly by coach screws onto wooden pads on the deck). Digital image of B 3151. 29/8/1988 Item Level

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