The Forth Bridge, Scotland mb-copyright Patti Mollica/CORBIS figures and barrels being unloaded

figures and barrels being unloaded

as Britannia attempts to mediate

Half-length portrait of James Bradley in a painted oval

Head and shoulders portrait of a bearded Baker

Botanical study of ox-eye daisy ['the great daizis or ox-eye']

The Forth Bridge, Scotland mb-copyright Patti Mollica/CORBIS figures and barrels being unloadedThe Forth Bridge, Scotland. The Forth Railway bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890. It was designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, with William Arrol the principal contractor. The oldest railway cantilever bridge in the world, it remains in use today. Stereoscopic card detail.