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International Railroad Discussion > Tay Bridge 140 years rememberDate: 12/28/19 16:08 Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: bakersfielddave December 28 1879
a well known tragedy in Dundee, Scotland when a bridge failed in a hurricane type storm ,taking a complete passenger train with it into the river Must have been a terrible thing to experience for the passengers and train crew Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/19 17:09 by bakersfielddave. Date: 12/28/19 16:12 Re: Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: pedrop For sure a terrible experience for every body who watched it too. Thanks for these pics to remember the date.
Pedro Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 12/29/19 01:49 Re: Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: bakersfielddave these woul interest anyone with an engineering background and bridge construction
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TayInquiry1880.pdf https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TayCorres1880.pdf https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TayInquiryAppendix1880.pdf Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/29/19 01:52 by bakersfielddave. Date: 12/29/19 02:57 Re: Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: andersonb109 The piers of the original bridge are still there and can be seen from the current structure.
Date: 01/05/20 00:46 Re: Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: eminence_grise "The High Girders" by John Prebble, published in 1969 in both paperback and hardcover is an excellent description of the tragedy.
Sir Thomas Bouch, the civil engineer built many successful railway bridges, some of which are still in use. The collapse of the Tay bridge was a huge tragedy to the British public and Bouch got most of the blame.. Shoddy workmanship was at least partially to blame. Date: 01/05/20 10:10 Re: Tay Bridge 140 years remember Author: pedrop Here is a good source of information on this tragedy
http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-fall-of-tay-bridge-unnecessary.html?m=1 Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 |