Vignette : Thomas Bouch

Scotland, June 1879. Queen Victoria crosses the newly opened Tay Bridge — two miles of iron, the longest bridge in the world. Six days later, she knights its designer. Six months after that, the bridge collapses in a storm and takes fifty-nine people with it.A bonus story not in the episode.🎧 Full episode: Look What I Built — four other feats of engineering that turned against their builders.#TayBridge #HistoryPodcast #HistoryShort