Published Date:
11 March 2009
BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder. William Morris, the great 19th-century Arts and Crafts designer famous for his wallpapers, called the Forth Bridge "the supremest specimen of all ugliness".
For most of us, though, it is a thing of beauty – and a great engineering achievement. It was the biggest civil engineering structure built in the 19th century – you can lay eight Eiffel Towers along its length. It cost £2.5 million to construct. Th...
The full article contains 237 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
10 March 2009 9:04 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Forth Bridges
