Tay Bridge Disaster: The People's Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780752499468)

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.

Author: Robin Lumley
ISBN-10: 0752499467
ISBN-13: 9780752499468
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d