The High Girders: The Story of the Tay Bridge Disaster by John Prebble

The High Girders: The Story of the Tay Bridge Disaster

John Prebble

219 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional tense medium-paced
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On 28 December, 1879, the 13 raised spans at the centre of the Tay Bridge, the high girders, fell, taking with them 160 yards of the bridge, and a railway train with 75 men, women and children on board. This tragically ended the dream of Thomas Bo...

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