THE FORTH BRIDGE AND WILLIAM ARROL
Jun 13, 2020
2 minutes
his year marks the 130th birthday of the Forth Bridge. Now recognised as a UNESCO site, the bridge spans the estuary (Firth) of the River Forth and links Fife to Edinburgh by railway. When it opened in 1890, it was the world’s first great multi-span cantilever bridge, and at 2,529m it remains one of the longest. A ‘masterpiece of creative genius because of its
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