Tay Bridge enquiry
(83) Wreckage salvaged from the collapsed Tay Bridge
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| Scottish Bridges > Tay Bridge enquiry > (83) Wreckage salvaged from the collapsed Tay Bridge |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74585224 |
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| Description | Photograph of part of the salvaged train wreckage from the collapsed first Tay Bridge being removed by train, with men in the background. |
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| 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. |
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| Shelfmark | Phot.la.17 |
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| Description | Photographs showing the building of the Forth Bridge, taken from 1886-1887, and the Tay Bridge after its collapse in 1879. |
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