Sir Thomas Bouch (/ ˈbaʊtʃ /; 22 February 1822 – 30 October 1880) was a British railway engineer. He was born in Thursby, near Carlisle, Cumberland, [1] and lived in Edinburgh. As manager of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway he introduced the first roll-on/roll-off train ferry service in the world.

The bridge—designed by Sir Thomas Bouch—used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs by Bouch.

The hapless Bouch goes down in history as the man charged with building the longest rail bridge in the world – only for it to collapse less than two years later.

Sir Thomas Bouch, lived from 25 February 1822 to 30 October 1880. He was an eminent railway engineer best known as the designer of the ill-fated Tay Rail Bridge, which collapsed with the loss of 75 lives on 28 December 1879.

Mar 24, 2023 · At more than 3km long, the bridge was the largest ever built when it opened with great fanfare in May 1878. Queen Victoria herself had travelled over it and its designer, the engineer Thomas Bouch, had been knighted. But, on a …

Thomas Bouch was the man charged with the task of designing and building bridges over both the Forth and the Tay. He would start with his bridge over the Tay. The new bridge would cross from Wormit Bay to Magdalen Green, and the bridge would be linked to Tayport via two new stations at Newport: Newport East and Newport West.

Apr 7, 2023 · Sir Thomas Bouch designed the original Tay Railway Bridge, which was remarkable for having fewer supports than had been called for in the original design. Once completed, the design was efficient and elegant, and Bouch received a knighthood in recognition of his work.

May 23, 2013 · In December 1879 the Tay Bridge collapsed during a heavy storm. The train travelling over it at the time plunged into the Tay and 75 people lost their lives. Sir Thomas Bouch learns the fate of...

With nothing more to live for, Sir Thomas Bouch died just three months later, aged 58. He had been destroyed by the destruction of his bridge and, indeed, as John Prebble has suggested, he was perhaps the last casualty of the Tay Bridge Disaster.

Thomas Bouch died shortly after the public inquest into the failure of the high girders of the Tay Bridge at his country retreat in Moffat, and is buried at the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.