Engineering Ethics: The Tay Bridge Disaster
The Tay Bridge was celebrated as the longest iron bridge of its time, and its designer–Thomas Bouch–was even knighted after Queen Victoria crossed it in 1879. What decisions and actions (or inactions) led to the destruction of this bridge?
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Engineering Ethics: The Tay Bridge Disaster
The Tay Bridge opened to great fanfare on June 1st, 1878 as the longest iron bridge in the world. It was a key link in the Scottish east coast railway line. For the main players, it brought honors and business success. But that success was short lived.
On the night of December 28th, 1879, in one of the worst storms in living memory, the bridge collapsed, taking with it the Edinburgh train and 59 passengers. The subsequent public inquiry and later analysis identified several technical failures. But, this is a tale of an inspirational project, a pinnacle of Victorian engineering, that was undermined by greed and lack of leadership.
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