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| Keywords: Forth Bridge - Works at Inchgarvie from wind gauge on castle ruins.jpg Photograph of the Forth Bridge works at Inchgarvie from wind gauge on castle ruins Here we have a picture not unlike many others but with a rather different foreground and less detail The staging being partially removed the lower portion of the structure stands out boldly and the general effect is pleasing Sheds to the right in the foreground are those containing electric light machinery c while the platform to the left is the landing stage for passenger boats with a background conspicuous in which will be noticed top of a temporary Caisson still intact The method adopted for supporting diagonal struts independently of chains is here shown in the shape of the small lattice girders running parallel to the portion of bottom members directly underneath Transcription from Philip Phillips 'The Forth Railway Bridge' Edinburgh 1890 Size cm 43 58 exhibition history Institution National Library of Scotland photograph object history PD-old-70-1923 Creator Philip Phillips RB l 229 74570344 Forth Bridge - Works at Inchgarvie from wind gauge on castle ruins Uploaded with GWToolset Forth Bridge - Works at Inchgarvie from wind gauge on castle ruins http //deriv nls uk/56YK98Q/7443/74438671 2 jpg Construction of the Forth Bridge Images uploaded as part of NLS-WMUK collaboration | ||||
