Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th-Century Railway Wars: The Building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars

Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th-Century Railway Wars: The Building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars image
ISBN-10:

1862079404

ISBN-13:

9781862079403

Author(s): Charles McKean
Edition: First Edition
Released: Aug 06, 2007
Publisher: Granta
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
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Description:

The first Tay Bridge collapsed into the sea in 1879 only 18 months after it had opened, drowning 72 people travelling by train to Dundee. Shock reverberated through Britain, and the public demanded answers. The bridge had been hailed as a triumph of construction, and its fall shook society s confidence in the excellence

























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