The Firth of Forth Bridge / Cantilevers Complete / 1882-1890
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- Title
- The Firth of Forth Bridge
- Cantilevers Complete
- Date
- 1882-1890
- Country
- Scotland
- Current Site
- Edinburgh
- Work Type
- Transportation Facilities
- Sub-heading
- Bridges; Aqueducts
- Notes
- Designed by Benjamin Baker in the late 1880s the Forth Bridge was built as a cantilever railway bridge to cross the Firth of Forth in Scotland. One of the earliest cantilever bridges, it had the world's longest span at the time it was built.
- Accession
- LS018166
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- Originating Collection
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan
- Slide Producer
- Unknown
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-26 03:35:39
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- 3632 x 1797
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- 884 KB
- Record
- LS018166
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"The Firth of Forth Bridge; Cantilevers Complete; 1882-1890." In the digital collection Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/ummu2ic/x-ls018166/ls018166. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.