Comments on: Forth Bridges

By: Iain Scotland

Iain Scotland — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:33:09 +0000

The ship is loading Crude oil at Hound Point. The Oil is supplied from the Dalmeny Tank Farm. If you head south from the ship you will see the shore tanks. From ground level you will not see them as it looks like a hill.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:01:38 +0000

How they managed to get images of Scotland on a cloudless day is really the most amazing thing.

By: Rupert.

Rupert. — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:38:53 +0000

you’re not the only one to discover that your town isn’t well photographed … my town Berlin, Germany is even almost impossible to view properly, though there is much more accurate (and recent) photographic material around someplace else on the web. i hope somehow google manages to get the best image material together in the long run …

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:35:26 +0000

Sat is correct. I left Edinburgh in 2003 but for the several years I was there, extensive maintenance was being carried out on the bridge. Incidentally, the the rail bridge was built where the old ferry ran from (the towns on either bank are North and South Queensferry, respectively). For those of a literary bent, the building opposite the slipway in South Queensferry (just west of the rail bridge) is the Hawse Inn, where Robert Louis Stevenson was reputedly inspired to write “Kidnapped”. They do pretty good food there.

By: beth

beth — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:15:36 +0000

I noticed that yesterday, I went looking for Edinburgh and was sad to see that not much is covered! I was only there for a couple of days but it was one of my favorite places that I visited while in Europe.

By: Alan Donald

Alan Donald — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:00:24 +0000

The tanker in the Firth of Forth is unloading/loading crude oil from the Grangemouth Refinery. It’s quite a common site from the Bridge.

By: Yehudit

Yehudit — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:30:35 +0000

“Thereâ€™s a commonly believed story round these parts that the Forth Rail Bridge requires continual painting; as soon as they finish the job they have to start again at the other side”

They say the same about the Golden Gate.

By: cacafuego

cacafuego — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:12:41 +0000

As a kid, I always thought the name Firth of Forth was about the coolest name of any geographical object, ever.

By: sat

sat — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:10:47 +0000

That doesnt seem to be a train – it looks like a big piece of white scaffolding- its too big to be a train.