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This dataset represents the complete descriptive metadata for Forth Bridge illustrations 1886-1887, a digitised collection of 40 black-and-white photographs capturing the construction of the Forth Bridge by Glasgow-based Sir William Arrol & Co.

Close-up and distance views of superstructure, cantilevers, lifting platforms and viaduct. Taken at weekly or fortnightly intervals from 1886-1887 by Philip Phillips, son of one of the contractors.

View the collection on the image gallery: Forth Bridge Illustrations, 1886-1887


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