The Tay Bridge Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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Published on April 9, 2024 9:15:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cRoaDu3YOE

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"On the 28th of December, 1879, a North British Railway passenger train approached the Tay Rail Bridge – a narrow, iron bridge that spanned the River Tay in Scotland..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Background
04:42 - The Tay Bridge Disaster
07:44 - The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES:
► "The Dreadful Tay Bridge Disaster" published by the Maitland Mercury, February 1980. Available via: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18946102
► Report of the Court of Inquiry, December 1879. Available via: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_TayInquiry1880.pdf
► "The High Girders" by John Prebble, published by W&N, May 2021. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_High_Girders/U2vSDwAAQBAJ
► "The Fall of the Tay Bridge" by David Swinfen, published by Birlinn LTD, October 2016. Link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Fall_of_the_Tay_Bridge/GKA9DQAAQBAJ

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