View of the bothy at the trackside on the East side of the Queensferry erection. Digital image of B 3346 CN.

Description View of the bothy at the trackside on the East side of the Queensferry erection. Digital image of B 3346 CN.

Date 29/8/1988

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

Catalogue Number SC 728417

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 3346 CN

Scope and Content Trackside bothy on east side of Queensferry cantilever, 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 the bothy, or workman's hut at the side of the track. This small building is where the workers go at meal breaks. A water tank can be seen on the curved roof of the hut. To the right can be seen one of the huge riveted steel tubes which make up the cantilever, with its girders and cross-bracings to the left. This structure contains 6.5 million rivets, 54,864 tonnes of steel and took a workforce of over 400 men seven years to complete. During construction, 57 men lost their lives, and many hundreds were injured due to the hazards of working at great heights, or below water level during the digging of foundations. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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