General view from the South West (seen from the rescue boat). Digital image of B 3315 CN.

Description General view from the South West (seen from the rescue boat). Digital image of B 3315 CN.

Date 9/9/1988

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

Catalogue Number SC 728362

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 3315 CN

Scope and Content Forth Bridge from south-west, 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 photograph, taken from a rescue boat below the bridge shows the Aberdeen granite piers topped by arches through which the railway line passes onto the bridge within its internal viaduct. This stone structure is filled with rubble to balance one side of the double cantilever. Throughout its construction the bridge was a popular tourist attraction and object of curiosity. Guidebooks were swiftly produced, excursions to the site organised, and the bridge's image endlessly reproduced on souvenir wares. It remains an instantly recognisable icon of Scottish identity and engineering. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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