Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 456
UDK: 600 eng - gl.
Volume I with 520 Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
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THE STORY OF THE FORTH BRIDGE.
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extent of the area to be painted—namely,
145 acres.
Though, owing to circumstances which pre-
vented the employment of supports in the
channels, erection was extremely costly, the
result of those eight years of
strenuous work cannot be
thought anything else than a
magnificent success, a splendid
triumph for designers, contractors, and work-
men alike. Were the bridge to be built to-
day it is probable that more modern methods
A
Splendid
Success.
would reduce the cost of material and labour
considerably. Critics have even been heard
to declare that they could erect a bridge of
the same size and strength for half the money.
But words are easier than deeds ; and it
must be an ungenerous soul that would fail
to give the honour due to the men who spanned
the Forth in four mighty strides, and benefited
railway communication on the East Coast of
England and Scotland to an extent hardly to
be calculated in mere pounds, shillings, and
pence.
THE FORTH BRIDGE AS IT WOULD APPEAR IF SET DOWN IN LONDON.
(1,408)
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