Old Photographs Tay Railway Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train on the Tay Railway Bridge which carries the railway line from Dundee, across the Firth of Tay to Wormit in The Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. The present structure is the second one on this site. On the night of 28 December 1879 at 7.15 pm, the first bridge collapsed after its central spans gave way during high winter gales. A train with six carriages carrying seventy five passengers and crew, crossing at the time of the collapse, plunged into the icy waters of the River Tay. All seventy five were lost. The disaster stunned the whole country and sent shock waves through the Victorian engineering community. The ensuing enquiry revealed that the bridge did not allow for high winds. At the time a gale estimated at force ten or eleven had been blowing down the Tay estuary at right angles to the bridge. The second bridge opened on 20 June 1887 and remains in use.

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Old Photograph Forth Railway Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train crossing the Forth Railway Bridge from the Kingdom of Fife to South Queensferry, Scotland. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, nine miles West of Edinburgh City Centre. It was opened on 4 March 1890.



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Old Photograph Burrelton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Burrelton located twelve miles from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is joined onto another village, Woodside. It is two miles from Coupar Angus, the nearest town. Burrelton used to have a train station, part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The now closed station was known as the Woodside and Burrelton railway station.





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Old Photograph Public Hall Caputh Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Public Hall in Caputh, Perthshire, Scotland.





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Old Photograph War Memorial Eckford Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Eckford near Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Andrew Armstrong. Killed in action in France in 1917.
James Boyle. Killed in action in France in 1917.
Private George Gow Crerar, 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.
Andrew Kerr. Died in France in 1919.
Private Robert McGeorge.
Private John James Neillans, 9th Battalion, Black Watch. Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.
Lance Corporal William Ruddiman, 7th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.
Private George H. Whitelaw, 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Killed in action in France on 24th January 1917.
Private Robert Bell Yeomans, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action at Gallipoli on 12th July 1915.
Corporal William Yeomans, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in Palestine on 7th June 1917.

The distance from Eckford to Glasgow and Paisley is 95 miles.



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