Did the Tay bridge fall down?

Answer 1

An inquiry into the collapse of the Tay bridge found several reasons for the collapse of what was then the longest rail bridge in the world:

• The piers and wind bracing had not been properly constructed.
• Engineer Sir Thomas Bouch was largely held responsible for not making sufficient allowance for wind loading.
• The cylindrical cast iron columns which supported the longest spans of the bridge, each of which was 75m in height, were found to be of insufficient quality for their purpose.
• The final straw leading to the collapse was a violent storm on the evening of 28 December 1879, which caused the central navigation spans of the bridge to collapse into the Firth of Tay at Dundee.

Answer 2

Yes, the ay bridge fell down, in February 1879. A severe sorm struck on the morning a train passed over it and caused all 75 people on the train to die. Sir Thomas Bouch is the Britishman who designed and constructed the bridge. He was largely held responsible for the fate of the people and the bridge.

Answer 3

It was a badly built.