Tay Bridge enquiry
(64) Ship salvaging the wreckage of the Tay Bridge
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
Universal Viewer | 
Mirador | Large image
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Scottish Bridges > Tay Bridge enquiry > (64) Ship salvaging the wreckage of the Tay Bridge |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74585186 |
|---|---|
| Description | Photograph of a ship salvaging wreckage of the collapsed first Tay Bridge, with other ships and a harbour in the background. |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information
|
|
| Description | 91 black-and-white photographs of the wrecked piers of the Tay Bridge, which collapsed because of high winds on 28 December 1879. Show destroyed piers and girders, wreckage of train and steam engine and other parts salvaged from the Tay. Commissioned by John Trayner on behalf of the Board of Trade. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Phot.la.17 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
|
More information
|
|
| Description | Photographs showing the building of the Forth Bridge, taken from 1886-1887, and the Tay Bridge after its collapse in 1879. |
|---|