Event
|
Date
|
|
|
|
| Dee
Bridge disaster |
1847
|
| Bouch
appointed to the Edinburgh and Northern Railway |
1849
|
| First
train ferry across Forth |
1850
|
| Tay
Bridge proposal put to North British Railway |
1854
|
| Act
passed to approve Tay Bridge |
July
1870
|
| Contract
signed to build a bridge across the Tay |
October
1872
|
| Survey
of estuary |
December
1872
|
| Start
of site work |
January
1873
|
| Wormit
foundry at south end of bridge built |
February
1873
|
| Oxford
rail disaster |
1874
|
| Hopkins,
Gilkes & Co take over construction contract |
July
1874
|
| Accident
in caisson on pier 54; 6 die |
August
1875
|
| Fall
of main girder in storm |
February
1877
|
| Bridge
finished and first train passes over |
September
1877
|
| Testing
of the bridge by Major-General Hutchinson |
February
1878
|
| First
passenger train passes over completed bridge |
May
1878
|
| Queen
Victoria rides over bridge; Bouch knighted |
June
1878
|
| Bridge
collapses in gale killing 75 people |
December
1879
|
| Board
of Trade inquiry starts in Dundee |
January
1880
|
| Board
of Trade inquiry in London to hear expert evidence |
April
1880
|
| Final
report to Parliament in London |
June
1880
|
