Forth Bridge
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'Dramatic photographs of the Bridge under construction ... masterpieces of clarity and precision from the early days of photography'
» The Scotsman
'It may perhaps interest you if I mention a few figures in connexion with the construction of the bridge. Its extreme length, including the approach viaduct, is 2,765 yards, one and one-fifth of a mile, and the actual length of the cantilever portion of the bridge is one mile and 20 yards - about eight millions of rivets have been used in the bridge and 42 miles of bent plates used in the tubes, about the distance between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Les mer
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The Forth Bridge was the greatest engineering feat the Victorian world had ever seen and remains, to this day, one of the great achievements of mankind. The Forth Bridge: A Picture History, tells the dramatic story of its construction using rare archive photographs.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Birlinn Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781780276960
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 25 x 25 cm
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'Dramatic photographs of the Bridge under construction ... masterpieces of clarity and precision from the early days of photography'
» The Scotsman
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'A book to stir wonder and pride'
» The Herald