Subject
Forth Railway Bridge Company, railway, railways, bridges, spans, Forth, construction, engineering, caisson, Queensferry north west, hydraulic spade, workmen, seabed, foundations, digging, hosepipe,
Image File
Forth Bridge Construction
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Off
Description

Workers, posed, on sea bed foundations in the Queensferry north west caisson, with William Arrol's (the Forth Bridge contractor) invention, the hydraulic spade (photograph taken in artificially created conditions below water).

Sub-category
DPI
600
Colour
Black and White
Image Credits
Crown Copyright 2008 National Records of Scotland
Image Creator
Evelyn Carey
Institutional Reference
BR/FOR/4/34/138
Cost Centre
800630
Activity Code
BAU609
Price
£18.00
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