Tay Bridge

The current bridge is located just at the crossing Tay River Tay estuary by the railway line linking the city of Dundee in the south of Scotland. This bridge is just over three miles away by a strange curve is explained by the disaster (with tragedy included) happened in the first bridge, a design flaw and construction. In the early nineteenth century this estuary crossing had to be done by boat and then by ferry. For this reason, the local authorities decided to invest in their very first bridge. Wind and water storms are one of the things that characterize this are area of ​​Scotland. In December 1879 a section of the bridge was torn after a train passed by in one of the big storms yielding strong water which killed 80 people.

Built in 1878, and opened by Queen Victoria, this railway bridge was the world's longest at the time, nearly 3 km. It spans the River Tay between Dundee and the east side of Scotland, including Edinburgh. Shortly after its construction, the bridge collapsed during the night of December 28, 1879, during a heavy storm. The train didn't stop in time, and no survivors were found. Engineer Thomas Boucher was convicted and the bridge was rebuilt in 1887, as we can see today.