Wednesday 29 May 2013

The Tay Rail Bridge


The Tay Rail Bridge scene of the 1869 disaster .

Taking part in Wordless Wednesday

5 comments:

Timur Wilde Photography said...

Good morning!

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

Great image!

Greetings from Germany

Anonymous said...

Very nice photo, Bill. Sad, sad story.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

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

Sharon said...

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.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

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