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| Keywords: Forth Bridge - Fife superstructure from sea shore.jpg Photograph of the Fife superstructure from sea shore This view was taken from a spot only approachable two or three times a year namely at the lowest spring tides It serves well to show the progress of the work since the last of its kind The bearing is about S E and the columns in the foreground scale 12 feet to the inch The view was secured just prior to a lift a fact clearly indicated by the plates of tubes above lifting platform which are finally adjusted and ready for riveting The internal viaduct with one of its main supports on the diagonal bracing is just being commenced It will be noticed that whilst the cages on vertical columns are ascending with the lifting platforms those in the struts are generally at a lower level This is due to the fact that it was found impossible to finish the riveting therein without hindrance to the surrounding work; they were therefore left behind and hoisted independently at a later period At this level lifts were provided both for men and materials though for some time many of the former preferred to avail themselves of the substantial staircases already alluded to The introduction of a safety grip adjusted to each lift however gave the men additional confidence and their use quickly became universal Transcription from Philip Phillips 'The Forth Railway Bridge' Edinburgh 1890 Size cm 43 58 exhibition history Institution National Library of Scotland photograph object history PD-old-70-1923 Creator Philip Phillips RB l 229 74570318 Forth Bridge - Fife superstructure from sea shore Uploaded with GWToolset Forth Bridge - Fife superstructure from sea shore http //deriv nls uk/56YK98Q/7443/74438658 2 jpg Construction of the Forth Bridge Images uploaded as part of NLS-WMUK collaboration | ||||
