The Tay Bridge
Sources of further information
Visitors to our website who wish to study more detail of the disaster and the theories as to its cause are recommended to review the following:
Books
| Title | Author | Published | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High Girders | John Prebble | 1956 | 9780140045901 | |
| The Tay Bridge Disaster - New Light on the 1879 Tragedy | John Thomas | 1972 | David & Charles Ltd | 9780715354285 |
| The Fall of the Tay Bridge | David Swinfen | 1994 | Mercat Press | 9781873644348 |
| Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay | Peter R. Lewis | 2004 | Tempus Publishing Ltd | 9780752431604 |
| Battle for the North | Charles McKean | 2006 | Granta Publications | 9781862079403 |
| Thomas Bouch The Builder of the Tay Bridge | John Rapley | 2007 | Tempus Publishing Ltd | 9780752436951 |
Papers
| Title | Author | Publication | Volume | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tay rail bridge disaster - a reappraisal based on modern analysis methods | T.Martin, BSc, and I.A. Macleod, BSC, PhD, FICE, FIStructE | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers | 108 | May 1995 |
| Forensic engineering: a reappraisal of the Tay Bridge disaster | Peter R. Lewis and Ken Reynolds | Published by Maney for the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in ‘Interdisciplinary Science Reviews’ | Vol 27, No. 4. | 2002 |
| The Tay rail bridge disaster revisited | T.Martin, BSc, and I.A. Macleod, BSC, PhD, FICE, FIStructE | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Bridge Engineering 157 | December 2004 | Issue BE4 |
Internet sources
Other sources
| Title | Author | Publication | Volume | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tay Bridge Disaster - a new look at an old enigma | G.W.M. Sewell | NBR Study Group Journal | 101 | 2008 |
| Book Review of ‘Battle for the North’ by Charles McKean | T. Martin and Iain MacLeod | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Panel for Historical Engineering Works Newsletter | No 111 | September 2006 |