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Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th-Century Railway Wars by Charles McKean

Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th-Century Railway Wars

Charles McKean

390 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

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The first Tay Bridge collapsed into the sea in 1879 only 18 months after it had opened, drowning 72 people travelling by train to Dundee. Shock reverberated through Britain, and the public demanded answers. The bridge had been hailed as a triumph ...

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