Wrecked by Strong Wind: The Tay Bridge Disaster | Fascinating Horror

Описание: This short documentary covers the catastrophic collapse of the Tay Rail Bridge in Scotland in 1879, which collapsed during a storm, taking a crowded train with it...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:44 - Background
► 04:42 - The Tay Bridge Disaster
► 07:44 - The Aftermath

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES: 📑
► "The Dreadful Tay Bridge Disaster" published by the Maitland Mercury, February 1980. Available via: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...
► Report of the Court of Inquiry, December 1879. Available via: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/doc...
► "The High Girders" by John Prebble, published by W&N, May 2021. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
► "The Fall of the Tay Bridge" by David Swinfen, published by Birlinn LTD, October 2016. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

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