The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland, and is a
Close up on the base of one of the three double-cantilevers of the bridge
Illustration of the cantilever principle
The southern approach to the Forth Bridge, designed by James Carswell
The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent European windstorm on Sunday 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a North British Railway passenger train on the Edinburgh to
A contemporary illustration
Original Tay Bridge from the north, c. 1878
Original Tay Bridge from the south
A photograph of the bridge, showing four rails; the inner two guard rails are unpolished.