Forth Rail Bridge from the South East South Queensferry near Edinburgh Scotland
Built 1882 to 1890 The first major structure of all steel construction the bridge is 2 5km long with three massive double cantilevers known as the Queensferry Inchgarvie and Fife erections which support two main spans of 518m Massive 1016 tonne counterpoise weights at each end of bridge help support the 55 000 tonnes of steel
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