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New Tay Bridge (viaduct) from south
DP 448345
Description New Tay Bridge (viaduct) from south
Date 1/1/1887 to 31/12/1887
Collection Records of the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN), Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 448345
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content A long railway bridge spans a wide river estuary, with maintenance trucks and workmen standing on the approach lines in the foreground. There is a brick signal box at the end of the bridge and a road in the foreground. Construction debris lines the tracks and a cottage roof is visible below the bridge approach behind the disconnected older track. Works chimneys are belching smoke over the city on the far shore. The original bridge was opened in May 1878 and collapsed on the night of 28 December 1879 as a passenger train was crossing to Dundee, with the loss of around 75 people. The present bridge replacing it opened in July 1887.
Accession Number 2024/57
External Reference 000-000-152-433-C, 000-000-152-433-R
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2771106
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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