The Fall Of The Tay Bridge
by David Swinfen /
2017 / English / EPUB
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It took 600 men six years to build and was one of the longest
bridges in the world. On its completion in 1878, famous visitors,
including the Emperor of Brazil, Prince Leopold of the Belgians and
Queen Victoria herself, came to pay homage to this marvel of
Victorian engineering. Then, on the night of 28 December 1879, the
unthinkable happened. Battered by an apocalyptic storm, the
thirteen high girders’ of the rail bridge over the Tay estuary
fell headlong into the river below, carrying with them a train and
all its passengers and crew. There were no survivors. What caused
the fall of the Tay Bridge, and who was really to blame? Returning
to the subject since the first edition of The Fall of the Tay
Bridge in 1994, David Swinfen has meticulously analysed new
evidence and now presents a solution to the riddle which has
perplexed historians and engineers for generations: what really
brought the bridge down?
It took 600 men six years to build and was one of the longest
bridges in the world. On its completion in 1878, famous visitors,
including the Emperor of Brazil, Prince Leopold of the Belgians and
Queen Victoria herself, came to pay homage to this marvel of
Victorian engineering. Then, on the night of 28 December 1879, the
unthinkable happened. Battered by an apocalyptic storm, the
thirteen high girders’ of the rail bridge over the Tay estuary
fell headlong into the river below, carrying with them a train and
all its passengers and crew. There were no survivors. What caused
the fall of the Tay Bridge, and who was really to blame? Returning
to the subject since the first edition of The Fall of the Tay
Bridge in 1994, David Swinfen has meticulously analysed new
evidence and now presents a solution to the riddle which has
perplexed historians and engineers for generations: what really
brought the bridge down?
