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Pier no. 2: Looking East

Board of Trade1879/1880

National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Photograph of wrecked piers after collapse of part of the first Tay Bridge. Part of a series of 91 black-and-white photographs of the wrecked piers of the Tay Bridge, which collapsed due to high winds on 28 December 1879. The series shows destroyed piers and girders, wreckage of the train and steam engine, and other parts salvaged from the Tay.

[Shelfmark Phot.la.17 - Image 11 of 91]

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  • Title: Pier no. 2: Looking East
  • Creator: Board of Trade
  • Date Created: 1879/1880
  • Location Created: Firth of Tay, Scotland
  • Subject Keywords: Tay Bridge, Scottish Bridges, Bridge Disasters, Railroad Disasters, Railroad Bridges
  • Rights: the physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright
  • External Link: Click to access all Tay Bridge Enquiry photographs online with National Library of Scotland
  • Photographer: Board of Trade (commissioned by John Trayner)
National Library of Scotland

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