"Imaginative depiction of the Forth Rail Bridge". This artist’s impression of the completed bridge was included as the title page of Philip Phillips’ The Forth Bridge illustrations, 1886-1887.

Featured on PDR in the essay The Forth Bridge: Building an Icon

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND - Alison Metcalfe, curator in the Manuscript and Archive Collections department, presents the library's collection of photographs recording the construction of the Forth Bridge, the first major structure in Britain to be made of steel and a milestone in civil engineering.

Imaginative Depiction of the Forth Rail Bridge

Artist

Date

1886–7

From

Forth Bridge illustrations 1886-1887


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights

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