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Topic: Forth Bridge Restoration Insight (Read 1661 times)
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A BBC documentary on a Forth Rail Bridge restoration project is set to provide a unique insight into work to bring it back to its former glory (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6936643.stmReal Men Go Forth will be shown at 2130 BST on Thursday 16 August on BBC1 Scotland and at 1930 BST on Wednesday 15 August in the rest of the UK. It is estimated the work will be completed by 2013. |
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A photographic artwork of the Forth Rail Bridge is to form the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6981327.stmForth Bridge - Cinema.Metric Space (2002) was bought for £57,436 , with £25,000 coming from The Art Fund. The exhibition will run from 9 October 2007 to 6 January 2008. |
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A University of Glasgow graduate who helped build the Forth Rail Bridge is to appear on £20 notes (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7033463.stm Engineering graduate , Kaichi Watanabe , is pictured on the notes alongside an image of the Forth Rail Bridge on which he worked as a foreman. It is part of a series of new Bank of Scotland notes featuring bridges. |
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