Usually postcrossers are very kind but there are others that are really really really very kind! :) Like Suzanne, who couldn't decide which postcard to send me so she sent these two and she asked nothing in return! She says that hers great great grandfather worked on this bridge and that it is said that golden coins are placed somewhere on the bridge!
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| The Forth Bridge |
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker.
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| The Forth Bridges |
Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,094 feet (2,467 m). It was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1917 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the world's second-longest single cantilever span.
The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
It is sometimes referred to as the Forth Rail Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge, though this has never been its official name. - in: wikipedia
Tive oportunidade de ver esta ponte há poucos dias. É maravilhosa, possivelmente a ponte mais bonita que alguma vez vi.
ReplyDeleteQue sorte! :) A Escócia é o país do Reino Unido que eu mais gostaria de conhecer!
DeleteEste fim-de-semana vamos para PT e se tudo correr como previsto vamos conhecer Bordéus no caminho. De regresso ainda não decidi por onde vamos vir.