Subject
Forth Railway Bridge Company, railway, railways, bridges, spans, Forth, construction, engineering, cantilever, central columns, skewback joint, horizontal tube, scaffolding, timber, pier, girders, plating,
Image File
Forth Bridge construction
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Off
Description

Photograph of a skewback joint on the Queensberry cantilever of the Forth Bridge looking along one of the base 12ft horizontal tubes of the central column, showing the considerable support scaffolding.

Category
Architecture
Science Trade and Industry
Transport
Sub-category
Bridges
Railways
DPI
600
Colour
Black and White
Image Credits
Crown Copyright 2008 National Records of Scotland
Image Creator
Evelyn Carey
Institutional Reference
BR/FOR/4/34/78
Cost Centre
800630
Activity Code
BAU609
Price
£18.00
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