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Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a long steel cantilever railway bridge crossing the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry in Scotland. Completed in 1890, it comprises three four-tower cantilever structures on massive tapered granite piers and carries a double railway track elevated about 150 feet above high water.

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First raised

1890

Its prime

1890

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1890

What Forth Bridge looked like in its prime.

A vast red‑painted lattice of riveted steel cantilevers and truss girders, rising from massive tapered granite piers set in the Firth of Forth; three huge four-tower cantilever groups dominate the silhouette, linked by central truss spans and long approach viaducts. The double railway track runs along the top of the truss about 150 feet above the water; scale is monumental — long continuous red steelwork, angular triangular bracing, and the pale grey of granite piers against the sea.

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8 places to explore in 1890.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Forth Bridge, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Foreshore approach, South QueensferryBase of the southern cantilever and granite pierTop of a cantilever tower and upper trussUnder the central truss span (looking up)On the bridge deck beside the double railway trackInchgarvie island under the northern cantileversNorth approach viaduct and tapered masonry piersPanoramic view from the South Queensferry hillside

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