4: Forth Bridge | Britain’s Best Buildings

Duration: 56'00''

Synopsis

Dan Cruikshank tells the story of the Forth Bridge, the great symbol of the Victorian railway age, whose dramatic construction claimed the lives of over fifty men.

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