Date: 21/11/2021

The Forth Bridge: A masterpiece thats 1.5 miles long, 360ft high, made of 54,000 tonnes of steel and all set on granite piers sunk 90ft deep. The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, is one of the great masterpieces of Victorian engineering. Jack Watkins tells its story. The phrase like painting the Forth Bridge has become such a commonplace term that it has effectively lost its connection to the magnificent structure that inspired it. When the bridge across the Firth of Forth was opened in 1890 by Edward, Prince of Wales, he declared that it marked the triumph of science and engineering skill over obstacles of no ordinary kind. [Full article requires registration. -RS]

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