Media relating to the new Forth road bridge and some of the best on the internet relating to current road bridge and rail bridge.
Video
Source: Transport Scotland. Posted on this website 15/1/2011
Source: Transport Scotland. Posted on this website 15/1/2011
Source: Una Purdie Youtube Channel. Posted on this website 15/1/2011
Source: Transport Scotland. Posted on this website 8/2/2010
Books
There are a range of fantastic books, primarily on the old rail bridge. Below are a selection of my favourites.
The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic status as one of the great feats of western civilisation since its official opening in 1890. Lavishly illustrated throughout with stunning archive images, Elspeth Wills uncovers the human story behind ‘the engineering marvel’: the story of the Briggers. It is a story that has never been told before – of ordinary men working on an extraordinary structure in an often hostile and dangerous environment.
The Forth Bridge: A Picture History‘This is a book to stir wonder and pride’-The Herald. ‘Archive photographs of the bridge’s construction, along with plans, catalogue the creation of this amazing achievement of 19th-century engineering’-Art Book Review.
Forth Bridge (OPUS)When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890, it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth west of Edinburgh in Scotland, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man’s victory over the intractable topography of land and water.
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