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John Fowler, Benjamin Baker
Iain Boyd Whyte
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Hardcover. Talks about the Forth Bridge - the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth west of Edinburgh in Scotland, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man's victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AJC; TN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 308 x 12. Weight in Grams: 842.
When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890, it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth west of Edinburgh in Scotland, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man's victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Not surprisingly, such a vigorous rebuff of the natural order was condemned at the time by those late Victorians who resisted the march of technology, and William Morris described the Bridge as the supremest specimen of all ugliness . In response, ... Read more
When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890, it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth west of Edinburgh in Scotland, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man's victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Not surprisingly, such a vigorous rebuff of the natural order was condemned at the time by those late Victorians who resisted the march of technology, and William Morris described the Bridge as the supremest specimen of all ugliness . In response, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
60
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Series
OPUS
Condition
New
Number of Pages
60
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783930698189
SKU
V9783930698189
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99-17
About Iain Boyd Whyte
Iain Boyd Whyte is an architectural historian specializing in the architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Angus J. Macdonald is a structural engineer with particular research interests in the relationship between structure and architecture. Both teach in the Department of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. Colin Baxter, renowned for his sensitive images of the Scottish landscape, ... Read more
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