2-715-442 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Forth Bridge, Scotland', 1897. The Forth Rail Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890. It was designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, with William Arrol the principal contractor. The oldest railway cantilever bridge in the world, it remains in use today. Stereocard. [Keystone View Company, USA, 1897]