Few people a aware of the vastness of the sum sunk r a what may be termed, the temporary plan fy used in building the Forthbridge, The engineers estimate that was 553 <ent in this direction alone. Two small si/,tamers were constructed to carry men ar d i materials from one part of the bridge ifa, another. In scaffolding, flooring, she & ding, &c, 1,000,000 cubic feet of timber v ti /re used. From first to last 1200 tons o' / j mere service bolts were needed to hold t'iiiit mass of material together. Scores of draulio jacks, sixty miles of wire rope t g ad rams innumerable were also among tl /e 1 temporary appliances employed jjutcooati tad jng thisetopeadoos viaduct.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9120, 4 June 1890, Page 5
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