Press Cutting

2022/013

“The Tay Bridge Disaster”. Four page Tay Bridge 100th Anniversary Special published by the Courier and Advertiser

1979

Description

“The Tay Bridge Disaster”. Four page Tay Bridge 100th Anniversary Special published by the Courier and Advertiser (Dundee). Page 1 reprints a contemporay article on how the bridge may have fallen down. Pages 2-3 reproduce the edition of the Dundee Courier and Argus dated 30 December 1879.

Also donated with the cutting are:

  • Ship salvaging the wreckage of the Tay Bridge. Photograph of men on a ship salvaging wreckage of the collapsed first Tay Bridge, with other boats and men in the background
  • a copy of a photograph showing damage on a pier base (c.1880)

Additional information

Acquisition Number

2022/013

Item Type

Short Description

Press cutting: Tay Bridge 100th Anniversary Special

Manufactured by

Date of Manufacture

1979

Sub-items

Photograph of boat with Tay Bridge wreckage

Supporting Items

None

Makers Number

None

Marks

None

Dimensions (mm)

Page: 593 x 412

Donor

Date Donated

April 2022

Materials

Ink on paper

Condition

Fair: some yellowing and folds

Display Location