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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
One hundred and thirty-five years after the event, the Tay Bridge Disaster remains the single most catastrophic collapse of a British engineering structure. The fateful day in 1879 shook Britain and the world of engineering to their core and sent a nation into mourning for the seventy-five souls lost to the dark, freezing waters of the Tay River. Here Lumley gives the collapse a much wider perspective than the event of one night by delving into the lives of those lost to the disaster, both passengers and railway workers, against a background of a wider Scottish history. Packed full of personal tales and with more technical appendices for those that wish to further their knowledge, Tay Bridge Disaster is a must read for anyone interested in this poignant event of Scottish and British history. |
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
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Bridge failures -- Scotland -- Dundee -- History -- 19th century.
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Tay Bridge Disaster, Dundee, Scotland, 1879.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Lumley, Robin. Tay Bridge Disaster. Stroud : The History Press, 2013. 9780752499468 (pbk.) : (Uk)016482525 |
| Standard No. |
9780752499604 |
| ISBN |
9780752499604 (e-pub) |
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