Wednesday 29 May 2013

The Tay Rail Bridge


The Tay Rail Bridge scene of the 1869 disaster .

Taking part in Wordless Wednesday

5 comments:

  1. Good morning!

    This really is a great photo ... but unfortunately a terrible story! :(

    Great image!

    Greetings from Germany

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  2. Very nice photo, Bill. Sad, sad story.

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    1. Sadder still when you see the original bases sticking out of the water.

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  3. That is one long bridge! I just went and had a look at Trove to see newspaper reports. In addition to the 1879 tragedy, it was reported that 6 men drowned during the building of the bridge.

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    1. I think a few died when they built the new road bridge in the 1970's down the river from this one.

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