A German View of the Tay Bridge Disaster - - RAILSCOT.
The Tay Bridge Disaster. by William Topaz McGonagall. Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of 1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time. 'Twas about seven o'clock at night, And the wind it blew with all its might, And the rain came pouring down, And the dark clouds seemed to frown, And.
As the 137th anniversary of the Tay Bridge disaster approaches, and ahead of a talk in Dundee, local expert Professor David Swinfen tells Michael Alexander why new light is being shed on the cause.
The first railway bridge over the Firth of Tay in Scotland entered service in May 1878. With a total length of 2 miles it was the longest iron bridge in the world. Over most of the crossing the single-track line ran above lattice-work spans made from wrought iron. However, over the central section of the bridge, the track ran inside the lattice-work spans. This central section (called the.
The original Tay Bridge was opened to great acclaim and publicity in 1878. Designed by engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, the bridge was a marvel of Victorian engineering that spanned the Firth of Tay and.
There were no survivors from the disaster, which claimed 75 (not 90) dead. A new railway bridge opened less than 10 years later - built just a few metres from the old one. In his inimitable style, McGonagall went on to write a poem celebrating this great achievement - An Address to the New Tay Bridge.
The Tay Bridge disaster was one of the great engineering disasters of the 19th century. It happened during a violent storm on 28 December 1879. The first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed while a train was passing over it from Wormit to Dundee, killing all aboard. First rail bridge. The Tay Bridge was designed by noted railway engineer Thomas Bouch, who received a knighthood when the bridge was.
Despite well over a century of subsequent train travel, the Tay Bridge disaster remains one of Britain’s worst ever railway accidents. A terrific storm, which had spread mayhem and destruction throughout central Scotland, was howling down the Tay just as the Edinburgh train was crossing the bridge. As the train reached the “high girders” at the centre of the bridge, they suddenly.