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| Keywords: Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar, with trees in the foreground.jpg 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 Size cm 43 58 exhibition history Institution National Library of Scotland photograph object history PD-old-70-1923 Creator Philip Phillips RB l 229 74570354 Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar with trees in the foreground Uploaded with GWToolset Forth Bridge - General view from Port Edgar with trees in the foreground http //deriv nls uk/56YK98Q/7443/74438676 2 jpg Construction of the Forth Bridge Images uploaded as part of NLS-WMUK collaboration | ||||
