You are in RA » Document Archive » Accident at Tay Bridge on 28th December 1879 » Report from the Select Committee on the North British Railway (Tay Bridge) Bill; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and Minutes of Evidence

view document PDF (36.9Mb download)Report from the Select Committee on the North British Railway (Tay Bridge) Bill; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and Minutes of Evidence

Document Summary

The report of the Select Committee into the collapse of the Tay Bridge, together with full minutes of evidence given to the Select Committee in the wake of the disaster. Nearly 600 pages of verbatim interviews with those directly involved with the design, construction and maintenance of the bridge.

This document was published on 4th August 1880 by Her Majesty's Government.

It was written by House of Commons Select Committee.

This item is linked to the Accident at Tay Bridge on 28th December 1879

The original document format was Scanned Images, and comprised 576 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Colin Holmes and is in our Accident inquiry documents collection. It was added to the Archive on 17th February 2006.

Copyright Information

This document is Crown Copyright, and is subject to the terms governing the reproduction of crown copyright material. Depending on the status and age of the original document, you may need an OPSI click-use license if you wish to reproduce this material, and other restrictions may apply. Please see this explanation for further details.

No sample quote currently available.

Have Your Say

Does the franchise model just need technical changes or would a concession system be better?

or just view the results

Mailing List

Join our 1676 other members and sign up to receive the RA newsletter, with links to all new documents and other site news...

See how our privacy policy protects your address.

Donate

Please consider donating to help with our running costs.

Back to top