{"id":36090,"date":"2023-04-04T17:57:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36090"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:57:27","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-special-interest-news-building-on-the-forth-bridge-construction-1873-1890","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36090","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR \u2018Special Interest News\u2019: Building, on the Forth Bridge construction (1873-1890)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-31857\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HESPR_Banner_220317-1024x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"73\" \/>IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition<\/a> quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=23522\">News and Tender Alerts<\/a>\u2019, and this week features more from the archives of <em>Building in its anniversary year<\/em>, now on the construction of the Forth Bridge.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tom Lowe writes in <em>Building<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Below are three pieces\u2026 charting the construction of the Forth Bridge. The first is a news item on some early proposals, the second a visit to the construction site and the third a reflection on the finished bridge. The vast structure, nearly 2.5km long, was one of the greatest engineering achievements in human history\u2026 a point widely acknowledged at the time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The piece says: \u2019Whether the construction of the bridge will repay in a financial sense the outlay upon it may be doubtful, but we are disposed to agree with the opinion we have already seen expressed, that it was worth doing for the sake of glory, and the exhibition of the power of modern engineering to cope with great natural obstacles.\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/our-history-180-years-of-building\/from-the-archives-the-construction-of-the-forth-bridge-1873-1890\/5122312.article\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=%23IHBC25\">#IHBC25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16895\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer 2017\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR%20News%20&amp;%20Tender%20Alert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download sample weekly alert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/u><\/em>, including a targeted email to 2500+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.25,000) and websites with c. 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts\u2019, and this week features more from the archives of Building in its anniversary year, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36090\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36091,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36090\/revisions\/36091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}