Download or read book The High Girders written by John Prebble and published by . This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 28 December, 1879, the 13 raised spans at the centre of the Tay Bridge, the high girders, fell, taking with them 160 yards of the bridge, and a railway train with 75 men, women and children on board. This tragically ended the dream of Thomas Bouch, recently knighted for his work on the bridge, and to some extent the unparalleled reputation of British engineering in works of this kind.