Titre

Queensferry, vue sur le pont du Forth

Datation

Entre 1890 et 1921

Datation min.

1890

Datation max.

1921

Commentaire datation

Underwood & Underwood est actif entre 1882 et 1921. Le pont est ouvert à partir de 1890.

Auteur du cliché

Inconnu

Mention d’édition

Keystone View Company

Numéro dans la série

V12738 T

Laboratoire photographique

Queensferry

Légende sur document

V12738 T Scotland's Pride - the Great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt - near Edinburgh.

Commentaire légende

Légende imprimée en bas à droite sur le recto de la carte. Encre de couleur noire

Localisation

Lieu

Queensferry

Architecture

Arche , Pont à poutre

Personne photographiée

En costume traditionnel , Homme

Personnalité associée

Baker Benjamin , Fowler John

Milieu - Environnement

Forth

Objet manufacturé

Epée

Texte au recto

A gauche : Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers Made in U.S.A. Publishers A droite : Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., London; England. Sous l'image de droite : V12738 T Scotland's Pride - the Great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt - near Edinburgh. Au centre en haut de la carte : T77

Verso inscrit

oui

Texte au verso

V12738 THE FORTH BRIDGE AND THE HIGHLAND KILT We see stretching away in the distance overhead what M. Eiffel – himself perhaps the most eminent engineer of modern times – pronounced « the greatest construction of the world. » It has since been surpassed by the bridge across the St. Lawrence River, near Quebec. We are standing on the brink of the Firth of Forth, ten miles west of Edinburgh, looking across that great arm of the North Sea which almost cuts Scotland in two. This huge bridge connects North and South Queensferry, on the lime of the North British Railway, leading from Edinburgh up to Dundee and Aberdeen. It is built on the cantilever and central girder system, the principle of which is that of stable equilibrium, its own weight keeping it more firmly in position. It was formally opened by King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) on March 4th, 1890. It has two main spans of 1,710 feet (more than 100 feet longer than that of Brooklyn Bridge), two of 680 feet and fifteen of 168 feet, and, with the approaching viaducts, measures 2,765 yards. The main spans are formed of a cantilever at each end 680 feet long, united by a girder 250 feet long. The steel towers from which the cantilevers spring are 360 feet high (nearly the height of the dome of St. Paul’s, London), and supported on granite piers, the middle one resting on the islet of Inchgarvie. The clear headway at high water is 151 feet ; the deepest foundations are 88 feet below high water ; the total weight of steel in the bridge is 51,000 tons. It cost nearly $15,000,000. The greatest number of men employed at one time in its construction was 5,000. The « braw, bonnie laddies » in kilts wear the uniform of one of the British Highland regiments. Copyright by the Keystone View Company

Bibliographie

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Forth

Etat de conservation

excellent

Support

Photographies collées sur carton

Dimensions

9 x 18 cm

Info développement

Positif

Info couleur

Noir et Blanc

Propriétaire

M. Magendie

Lieu de conservation

Lescar

Auteur de la numérisation

Philippe Chalons

Type de stéréoscopie sauvegardée

Anaglyphe (bleu / rouge)

Créateur du dépôt

CLEM

Date de dépôt

Janvier 2014

Lot

LOT24_MAGENDIE

Livraison

LIVRAISON_01

Nom usuel

Mag0557

Auteur

Inconnu

Titre

Queensferry, vue sur le pont du Forth

Date de création

Entre 1890 et 1921

Légende

V12738 T Scotland's Pride - the Great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt - near Edinburgh.

Ville

Queensferry

Pays

Ecosse

Fournisseur

CLEM - Archéovision

Auteur de la description

Catherine Carponsin-Martin - Lucie Blanchard