After the Tay Disaster How the Forth Bridge Was Built

Forth Bridge history: how Victorian engineers built Scotland's great steel bridge after the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879. On a stormy December night in 1879 the Tay Bridge fell into the river, taking a train with it. The Forth crossing, already planned by the same engineer, was abandoned. Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker had to design a bridge that the public would trust, and William Arrol had to build it across one of Scotland's widest firths. For seven years thousands of men worked high above the water, driving millions of rivets by hand. Dozens never came home. When the Prince of Wales drove the last rivet in 1890, Britain had the longest bridge span in the world. Today it still carries trains, and it is a World Heritage Site. Chapters 00:00 A Night on the Tay 04:00 A Bridge Abandoned 08:00 Fowler and Baker's Answer 13:00 Arrol's Army of Briggers 19:00 Steel Over the Firth 25:00 The Men Who Did Not Come Home 30:00 The Last Rivet, 1890 34:00 A World Heritage Icon Subscribe to Iron & Endeavour for more stories of the people who built our world. #engineering #history #forthbridge