Virtual Gallery: “High Girders”

The First Tay Bridge from the North

1879

Special Jetty from Middlesborough on which The “High Girders” were Assembled

A 31ft Diameter Caisson on its Barges Ready for Towing out to be Used as a Foundation for a Pier

1875

Foundry and Machine Shop at Wormit

Established by Frank Beattie

The Last 31ft Diameter Caisson on its Barges Ready for Towing Out to be Used as a Foundation for a Pier

The Foundations for the Bridge, Wormit

March 1876

Embankment at Wormit

March 1876

Illustration of the Foundations

Completed 245ft Girder being Floated Out

The Foundry at Wormit Showing Iron Columns to be Used for Various Piers

March 1876

The First Tay Bridge Looking Towards Dundee

The First Tay Bridge Under Construction, from the Fife Side

Pier 41. Tall Man Standing on Right is Sir Thomas Bouch

The First Tay Bridge Under Construction

Barge in Foreground is the Sand Pump for Removing Sand Inside the Cassions

March 1876

The First Tay Bridge Under Construction

13^th June 1877

The First Tay Bridge from the South, Nearing End of Construction

1876

Contractors Locomotive During Construction

The First Tay Bridge from Wormit, Nearing Completion

September 1877

The First Tay Bridge from Wormit, Nearing Completion

September 1877

Etching of the New Tay Bridge

The Tay Bridge, Supplement to the “Fife News”

October 27^th, 1877

The Longest Railway Bridge in The World

The Graphic, January 3^rd, 1880, p.3.

The Tay Bridge, North British Railway

The First Tay Bridge from the North

Public Swimming Pool on the Right. 1879

The Completed First Tay Bridge from the South

Taken between July – December 1879