A Rough Ride
18th century travellers must have welcomed the sight of the Hawes Inn at the end of their bumpy nine mile journey from Edinburgh by stagecoach. The unsurfaced roads were often muddy and full of ruts.
"One unfortunate party were . . . — — Map (db m127820) HM
To the men known to have died building the Forth Bridge
( The memorial lists the names, ages and occupations of 73 men, known as 'Briggers'. )( inscribed on the pavement around the memorial )
The Forth Bridge was built . . . — — Map (db m127104) HM
By the Magistrates & Town
Council in Gratitude for the
Liberality and Kindness of
Archibald John Earl of Rosebery
Provost of this Burgh to Whom
The Inhabitants are Indebted
For a Bleaching Green & This
Supply of Water
1817
Restored . . . — — Map (db m127166) HM
In Memory of the Men
Of Queensferry
Who Fell in The Great War
Louis Anderson · William Bain · Alexander Begbie · James Campbell · Melville Christie · Patrick Connolly · Harold Crawford · James Davidson · Thomas Duncan · George Earle · Thomas . . . — — Map (db m127168) WM
International History
Civil Engineering Landmark
THE FORTH BRIDGE
Opened 4 March 1890
Engineers, Sir John Fowler & Sir Benjamin Baner
Main Contractor Tancred Arrol
Presented 27 August 1985 by
Institution of Civil Engineers . . . — — Map (db m85863) HM
The Royal Navy
In The Forth
During World War I
In March 1903, the British Government announced that Rosyth Dockyard, a new naval port and base, would be built at St Margaret's Hope on the north side of the Forth, but the main works did not . . . — — Map (db m127821) HM
