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A Firth of Tay occurs as firth in Scotland between the regions of Fife and City of Dundee into to which Scotland's largest flow of any stream inside terms of flow, a River Tay empties. Both bridges span a firth, a Tay Road Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge.
Towns & villages along a coast
Stores of interest
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Tay Bridge Disaster Tom Martin's summary of events and findings, and animation of collapsing structure. Dundee Rail Disaster Short summary of events. Tay Bridge Disaster Dundee City's page with three photographs of the bridge after the disaster. The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster Three photographs and short introduction to event. Heavy Weather Doubts official explanation of bad engineering, proposes excessive wind speeds as cause of disaster. Tay Bridge and Associated Lines Descriptions of the current and former Tay rail bridge and the 1879 disaster, with photos, drawings, connections and events summary. McGonagall Online: The Tay Bridge Disaster McGonagall's best known poem, to contemporary readers at least. Look out for the striking moral in the final couplet Forensic Engineering: The Tay Bridge Disaster A brief introduction to the history of the bridge, with three theories about the cause. Contains a self-help guide and overview of engineering principles. |
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