The Collapse of the Railway Bridge over the Firth of Tay (Scotland) – Errors and Limits of Technical Design Possibilities and Social Assessment from 1880 onwards
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| contents | <p>Abstract:<br>This academic work tackles the worst structual and manmade disaster in british railway history. The construction and fall of the fist Firth of Tay single track railway bridge on December 28, 1879, in which an engine and six waggons fell in the Tay Firth with about 75 persons and Royal Mail on the train.<br>It is set in a time of the expansion of European railway networks (1830-1880) and represents a severe blow of scottish engineering confidence.<br>The railway bridge was reconstructed after the fall and build to the utmost stability with a double track – and has never faltered again.<br>As an example of modern history and the limits and failures of human engineering powers it is of cultural importance to the Dundee and Fife communties, to Scotland and Great Britain as a whole and as well as an adequate example of a site of rememberance (Erinnerungsort, Lieu de Memoire) according to the concept of Pierre Nora.<br>This booklet researches the historic emergence of the bridge construction, contains 11 pictures of the railway bridge, its collapse and reconstruction and visits the two memorial sites at the shore of the Firth of Tay. It also looks into to cultural reflections of the society in Scotland, Great Britain, the German Empire and other countries.<br>Eight texts about the fall of the railway bridge are presented in the annex of the thesis, e. g. the well known texts by William McGonagall and Theodor Fontane but also lesser known anonymus works and chidren’s rhymes.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | The Collapse of the Railway Bridge over the Firth of Tay (Scotland) – Errors and Limits of Technical Design Possibilities and Social Assessment from 1880 onwards Weerth, Carsten Railways, Railway Engineering, Bridge construction, Modern History, Man-made Disasters, Construction History, Bridge Management, History of Technology, Lieux de Memoire <p>Abstract:<br>This academic work tackles the worst structual and manmade disaster in british railway history. The construction and fall of the fist Firth of Tay single track railway bridge on December 28, 1879, in which an engine and six waggons fell in the Tay Firth with about 75 persons and Royal Mail on the train.<br>It is set in a time of the expansion of European railway networks (1830-1880) and represents a severe blow of scottish engineering confidence.<br>The railway bridge was reconstructed after the fall and build to the utmost stability with a double track – and has never faltered again.<br>As an example of modern history and the limits and failures of human engineering powers it is of cultural importance to the Dundee and Fife communties, to Scotland and Great Britain as a whole and as well as an adequate example of a site of rememberance (Erinnerungsort, Lieu de Memoire) according to the concept of Pierre Nora.<br>This booklet researches the historic emergence of the bridge construction, contains 11 pictures of the railway bridge, its collapse and reconstruction and visits the two memorial sites at the shore of the Firth of Tay. It also looks into to cultural reflections of the society in Scotland, Great Britain, the German Empire and other countries.<br>Eight texts about the fall of the railway bridge are presented in the annex of the thesis, e. g. the well known texts by William McGonagall and Theodor Fontane but also lesser known anonymus works and chidren’s rhymes.</p> |
| title | The Collapse of the Railway Bridge over the Firth of Tay (Scotland) – Errors and Limits of Technical Design Possibilities and Social Assessment from 1880 onwards |
| topic | Railways, Railway Engineering, Bridge construction, Modern History, Man-made Disasters, Construction History, Bridge Management, History of Technology, Lieux de Memoire |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17477680 |