A view of the first Tay Bridge under construction. In the foreground is the Wormit Foundry where many of the faulty columns were cast.
This restored document box once held the papers from 1870 relating to Perth's opposition to the building of the original Tay Bridge. The box was rescued from a skip outside the Old Council Chambers in Perth and restored. The papers it contained are in the City Archive.
View from the north of the first Tay Rail Bridge showing the fairly sharp curve at the Dundee end of the bridge. The very slender nature of the bridge is apparent.
Information on the trains on the first rail bridge, giving details on frequency, destinations and prices.
View from south of first Tay Rail Bridge. Fourteen columns out from this side the column design changes from brick to lattice ironwork. Also note how the Newport line branches off out over the river.
Lovely view of Tay Rail Bridge under construction. In the foreground is the Wormit Foundry, where defective ironwork was produced. There's no sign at the time this photograph was taken of the branch line that would come off the bridge and carry the Newport Railway.
The family of Henry Noble pose outside their home at Woodside, Queen Street. Henry Noble was the maintenance inspector on the ill-fated first railway bridge. However there was no question of any fault attributed to him at the Public Inquiry, and he continued to work as inspector during construction of the replacement bridge.
Reservoir Road sign in Wormit. A reminder of the reservoir that was built up on Wormit Hill. The reservoir received fresh water brought over the railway bridge from Dundee's water supply. The reservoir has now been converted to a house.
A series of pictures representing the new bridge in operation, the Tay Bridge Disaster and the aftermath.
An astonishing photograph of the signatures etched into glass of three of the engineers on the first Tay Rail Bridge. They are Albert Grothe (chief engineer), Frederick Reeves and ___ Neuzille. The signatures are still on the window of the house in East Newport where Reeves was staying and they are dated 9 October 1874.
Thomas Bouch, designer of the ill-fated first Tay Rail Bridge.
The Wormit Foundry on Bay Road. The foundry was established half-way through construction of the first rail bridge when the column design was changed from solid brick to lattice cast iron. In the public inquiry which followed the disaster, it was found that there were serious flaws in the standard of work carried out at ...