How They Built The Forth Railway Bridge A Victorian Magic Lantern Show

By Andrew Gill

The Forth Railway Bridge is a world-famous landmark just north of Edinburgh. It has carried trains across the Firth of Forth since 1890 and still has the power to make those who travel over it or who stand on the shore to view it, gasp in admiration at its grandeur and the skills of the Victorian engineers and workmen who built it, over fifty of whom died doing so. Two Victorian, Scottish, photograph publishing businesses (founded by George Washington Wilson and James Valentine) took photographs of the construction of the bridge from its start in 1882 to the opening ceremony in 1890. Both created a set of 'magic lantern' projection slides with a 'reading' (script), which could be purchased or hired by professional and amateur lantern lecturers, to educate and entertain audiences. This 35 page booklet reproduces thirty two Victorian magic lantern slides and their accompanying lecture notes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505627109
• ISBN13: 9781505627107
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"