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The Bridge is Down! – New Investigation into the Tay Bridge Disaster
10-May-2022 @ 19:30 - 22:00
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A Presentation by Dr Rudi Newman, Transport Historian and Author
When the Tay Bridge collapsed in 1879, commemorated by poet William McGonagall, the confidence of the Victorian Age was shattered. Seen as a triumph of engineering, its destruction with the loss of a train and all souls aboard revealed fatal deficiencies in design and construction and would lead to a change in how all future bridges would be built. But many facts are unclear, while the final trigger for the Disaster is still greatly debated. Presenting a history of the bridge from construction to destruction, a brand new theory for the cause of the tragedy is unveiled that changes its very history.
Doors open 7:00pm