The Forth Bridge
Nov 03, 2021
2 minutes
by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler
Jack Watkins
THE phrase ‘like painting the Forth Bridge’ has become such a commonplace term that it has effectively lost its connection to the magnificent structure that inspired it. When the bridge across the Firth of Forth was opened in 1890 by Edward, Prince of Wales, he declared that it ‘marked the triumph of science and engineering skill over
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