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.

Description 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.

Date 31/8/1988

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

Catalogue Number B 3244

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 728287

Scope and Content West side of north cantilever from south-east, Forth Bridge, Edinburgh and Fife The Forth Bridge was built between 1883 and 1890 to designs by engineers Sir John Fowler (1817-98) and Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907) with Sir William Arrol (1839-1913) and Joseph Phillips as contractors. This massive steel railway viaduct features three double cantilevers connected by girders with a total span of 2.5 km. This shows a workman climbing up from the walkway within the girders of the cantilever, onto a platform at the top of the section. Some of the 6.5 million rivets which were used in construction are visible along the upper face of the girders. Far below can be seen the village of North Queensferry, and part of the Forth Road Bridge, which opened in 1964. During construction of the cantilevers, cranes on rails were placed along these sloping girders to allow the movement of new sections to the end of the span. The arms of each cantilever were extended at a constant rate to ensure stability. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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