"Fife cantilever with No. 1 strut and lifting platform nearly up to rail level".

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.

Fife Cantilever with No. 1 Strut and Lifting Platform Nearly Up to Rail Level

Artist

Date

1886–7

From

Forth Bridge illustrations 1886-1887


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

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