Paperweight associated with the opening of the Forth Railway Bridge

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This paperweight was made from a rivet head of the type used on the Forth Railway Bridge.

The domed rivet head is engraved with a view of the completed bridge within a surround of thistles. Above the bridge is the text 'Forth Bridge Steel Punching' and the date '1890'.

The Forth Bridge was completed on the 4 March 1890 when the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) ceremoniously drove the final rivet into the structure. Eight million rivets were used in the construction of the bridge.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-037-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1995.103
• Date: 1890
  
• Material: Steel. Inscription: FORTH BRIDGE STEEL PUNCHING / 1890
  Rivet head / paperweight
  
• Dimensions: 19 mm H x 62 mm W
  
• What: Rivet head / paperweight
  
• Subject:
• Who: Dr Pender-Smith (Recipient)
  Sir John Fowler (Presenter)
  
• Where: SCOTLAND
  Scotland, Midlothian / Fife, Forth Rail Bridge
  
• Event:
• Description: Rivet head, as used on the Forth Bridge, used as a paperweight and engraved with a view of the completed bridge, 1890
  
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