num_pages: 368
description: The first Tay Bridge collapsed into the sea in 1879. Its fall shook society's confidence in Victorian engineering. This book follows the career of engineer Thomas Bouch, ostracised from the engineering community when his bridge crashed into the Firth of Tay. It also offers conclusions about why the first Tay Bridge collapsed.
language: English
title: Battle for the North: The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars
publisher: Granta