by Andrew Gill | Aug 11, 2021 | Gallery, NFT Photo-Art, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
This unusual view of the Forth Bridge near Edinburgh was taken in the 1930s and shows a gang of maintenance workers walking to work, far above the Firth of Forth. It reminds me of the famous photograph of skyscraper construction workers in New York, eating their... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 28, 2021 | Gallery, Places
One of the engineering wonders of the Victorian era, the Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, crosses the Firth of Forth. Construction began in 1883 and the bridge was opened in 1890. Here, the main structure is almost complete, so the photograph was probably taken in 1888... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 17, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Edinburgh has a smart fleet of quiet, comfortable, modern trams but these are just the latest incarnation of trams going back to the 1870s. They first appeared in 1871 and were horse-drawn. The horses were replaced in 1888 by an underground cable system which ran... 