The Forth Rail Bridge Memorial - South Queensferry, Scotland
by Yvonne Johnstone
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The Forth Rail Bridge Memorial - South Queensferry, Scotland
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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The Forth Rail Bridge memorial is dedicated to the men and boys who lost their lives during the bridge construction - at least 73 known fatalities.
Thousands of men (Briggers) toiled daily in all weather to build the bridge without the Health and Safety regulations of today. At the peak of work about 4,600 men were employed on the construction. The number of injuries is unknown, although one log book of accidents and sickness had 26,000 entries, and hundreds of workers were said to have been left crippled by serious accidents.
From teenage rivet boys and sixty year old ex-shipyard workers, they faced many hazards every day. Caisson disease (the bends) working in a pressurised environment, and painter’s colic to simply being in the wrong place when scaffolding collapsed or a hammer dropped from above.
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July 13th, 2020
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