Two Railway Bridges of an Era

Two Railway Bridges of an Era Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay : Technical Progress, Disaster, and New Beginning in Victorian Engineering

Hardback (15 Feb 1992)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A bilingual (English & German) history of the engineering and building of the rail bridge over the Firth of Tay (1871-1877), a major technical feat, and the collapse of the bridge in 1879 in high wind carrying 75 passengers and crew to their death. The disaster ended the career of Sir Thomas Bouch a

Book information

ISBN: 9780817624446
Publisher: Birkhauser C/O Springer Verlag Service
Imprint: Birkhauser C/O Springer Verlag Service
Pub date:
DEWEY: 624.209411
Language: English
Number of pages: 223