Building the Forth Bridge: Rare Photos From One of History’s Boldest Engineering Projects

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Stretching 541 meters across the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, the Forth Railway Bridge stood as the longest cantilever bridge in the world when its final “golden” rivet was driven into place on March 4, 1890, by the future King Edward VII. Though later surpassed in length by Canada’s Quebec Bridge in 1919, the Forth […]