File:Forth Bridge - Birds'-eye view of Inchgarvie and surrounding country.jpg

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View of the Firth of Forth with partial construction of the Forth Bridge on Inchgarvie

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Photographer
Philip Phillips (photographer)
Title
Forth Bridge - Birds'-eye view of Inchgarvie and surrounding country
Description
Photograph of the Forth Bridge under construction, birds'-eye view of Inchgarvie and surrounding country. A result obtained from the apex of Queensferry cantilever after it had reached its full height, and a novel effect well worth securing both from an engineering and artistic point of view, the occasion being that of a visit of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, as a record of which event this panoramic illustration was selected. The weather proving favourable, the Ochil Hills and the high ground in the proximity of the Firth of Tay and far beyond is shown very plainly, whilst looking across Inverkeithing Bay and to the north shore, objects appear to be immediately beneath us. The structure of Inchgarvie, and indeed the island itself, presents a most interesting spectacle, and one that will not in all likelihood be secured again for a very long time to come. Transcription from: Philip Phillips, 'The Forth Railway Bridge', Edinburgh, 1890.
Date 2 August 1887
date QS:P571,+1887-08-02T00:00:00Z/11
Medium photograph
Dimensions height: 43 cm (16.9 in); width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,43U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,58U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1670994
Accession number
74570368
Source
This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID RB.l.229. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery
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