The raft for>the experimental: pier for.:thiek great Forth-bridge, by which it is proposed to enable the North British Railway to crosa the Firth, of Forth, between •Bla'cknessaM Charlston, about 14 miles west of Edinburgh' was recently launched at Biirntislarid in the ' presence of numerpus spectators. It is 80ft by 60ft., arid' 7ft."' tM6k/M^^ ' area is 4800 ft.': "Its piirposg'is to form the foundation of ail |experi.merital,pier,,Vthe bdt-. torn beiug of 'silt, whiclr has been bored to the depth of 120 ft.' - •
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Grey River Argus, Issue 101, 4 September 1866, Page 2
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