The Forth Bridge/The Engineers and Contractors of the Forth Bridge
THE ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS OF THE FORTH BRIDGE.
Our work of describing the Forth Bridge would be incomplete without suitable notices of the engineers and contractors upon whom the responsibility of its construction rested. As we have seen, Messrs. Harrison and Barlow took no part in this work; having finally approved the design, they gave Messrs. Fowler and Baker the task of its execution. It is of these gentlemen, therefore, as well as of Messrs. Tancred, Arrol, Falkiner, and Phillips, and of M. Coiseau, who completed the pneumatic foundation, we shall attempt to give such notices as will convey an idea of their respective careers during the course of which they acquired the experience necessary for carrying out this great work. We have been led to deal with the biography of Sir John Fowler at great length, because his history is the history of the most important period of the profession, and dates back for more than half a century.