FIRTH OF FORTH PROJECTS
The decision of the Ministry of Transport to make preliminary surveys for a road bridge over the Firth of Forth at Queensferry is not the first project of the kind. As far hack as 1806 a proposal was made for a double tunnel tinder the bed of the Forth; a pamphlet was published and a prospectus issued, but apparently the idea was in advance of the times, for nothing practical was done. In 1818 James Anderson produced his scheme for a bridge at Queensferry, which was to contain main spans of 1500, to 2000 foot, was'to be 33 feet wide, and was to cost only 41205,000, as against more than three millions actually spent on the famous railway bridge. Experts who have examined the designs have thought it just as well that Anderson's scheme did not get beyond paper!
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 3
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143FIRTH OF FORTH PROJECTS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 3
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