File:Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar, with trees in the foreground.jpg

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Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar, with trees in the foreground   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Philip Phillips (photographer)
Title
Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar, with trees in the foreground
Description
Photograph of the Forth Bridge under construction, general view from Port Edgar, with trees in the foreground. This is a distant view through the trees, showing Queensferry and Fife piers at their full height. The angle made with centre line of bridge is such that the south vertical columns of Queensferry close upon each other, a very open picture being the result, and an excellent one for illustrating the relative proportions of the height of superstructure and the extent of spars. The chain stretching from rail level to bottom member was a temporary tie, of which more hereafter. The foreground of foliage affords a good contrast to the expanse of water beyond, and this picture is therefore to be recommended to those who set more store on artistic effects than scientific records. Transcription from: Philip Phillips, 'The Forth Railway Bridge', Edinburgh, 1890.
Date 9 May 1887
date QS:P571,+1887-05-09T00:00:00Z/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
74570354
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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