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Actions	Tay Bridge Disaster engine Remove from selection Add to selection Object number176I TitleTay Bridge Disaster engine CreatorValentine & Sons Ltd. (photographer)‎ DescriptionCopy photograph of NBR no. 224, the 4-4-0 engine designed by Thomas Wheatley and built at Cowlairs Works in 1871. The engine was lost in the Tay Bridge disaster on 28th December, 1879, but subsequently recovered and remained in service until 1919, nicknamed 'The Diver'. The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879 when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed while a train was passing over it from Wormit to Dundee, killing all aboard. The bridge - designed by Sir Thomas Bouch - used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs by Bouch. Production placeDundee Production period20th century (early) Object namephotograph Dimensions height: 16.5 cm width: 21.6 cm

Object number176I

TitleTay Bridge Disaster engine

CreatorValentine & Sons Ltd. (photographer)‎

DescriptionCopy photograph of NBR no. 224, the 4-4-0 engine designed by Thomas Wheatley and built at Cowlairs Works in 1871. The engine was lost in the Tay Bridge disaster on 28th December, 1879, but subsequently recovered and remained in service until 1919, nicknamed 'The Diver'. The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879 when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed while a train was passing over it from Wormit to Dundee, killing all aboard. The bridge - designed by Sir Thomas Bouch - used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs by Bouch.

Production placeDundee

Production period20th century (early)

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