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The 1.5 mile Forth Railway Bridge, the world's first major steel bridge, with its gigantic girder spans of 1710ft. ranks as one of the great feats of civilization. It was begun in 1883 and formally completed on 4 March 1890 when HRH Edward Prince of Wales tapped into place a 'golden' rivet.

When opened, on 4 September 1964, the Forth Road Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in Europe. Together with the approach viaducts is over over one and a half miles long. It has a spectacular central span of well over 3300ft. between the towers and stands 163ft. above the Forth below.

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth. It flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, the Lothians to the south. A number of towns industrial complexes line the shore, including a naval dockyard at Rosyth. The area is host to 90,000 breeding seabirds every year.