Entries tagged

‘forth crossing’

Event	Date
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge	4th September
The Queensferry Crossing opens	30th August
The Forth Bridge is opened	4th March
Trains make trial crossings of the Forth Rail Bridge	21st January
Railway engineer James Carswell dies	20th January

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Wall-building emperor Hadrian is born

31 May

Edinburgh’s trams carry their first passengers

27 July

Parliament authorises construction of the Caledonian Canal

21 December

Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie

24 February

Caledonian Sleeper carries its first passengers

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