TAY BRIDGE, railway viaduct across Firth of Tay, from west end of Dundee to a point about 1^ mile west of Newport. It was authorized in 1870 on a capital of 350,000 ; was commenced in July 1871, and opened in June 1878 ; measured 3450 yards in length; had, at its middle, a height of 88 feet above high-water level ; was constructed on the lattice-girder principle, with supports on strong piers ; com-prised 11 spans of each 245 feet, 2 of each .227 feet, and 72 of lesser length; and was connected at the ends with new railway branches, giving direct communication from Dundee through the centre of Fife. It was believed to have ample strength for bearing any strain which could be put on it, and for resisting the most boisterous storm ; but on the evening of 28th December 1879, during a strong hurricane, and while a passenger train of six carriages was traversing it northward, a portion of it, fully mile long, together with the entire train, fell into the firth so suddenly and darkly as to be unobserved from the shore, and so completely as to leave nothing standing in the long gap but bare iron piers. A new viaduct, under parliamentary sanction, was planned in March 1881, to stand a little farther west than the ruined one, to have a height at the centre of only 58 feet, to be laid with a double line of rails, and to possess such differences of structure from the former one as should make it both vastly stronger and much more convenient; and operations for constructing this were begun in March 1882.
TAYFIELD, seat near Newport, Fife.
TAYHUIRST, place in Lismore and Appin parish, Argyleshire. It has a public school with about 71 scholars.
TAYINLOAN, village on west coast of Kintyre, 20 miles north-north-west of Campbelton, Argyleshire. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Greenock, and it adjoins a ferry to Gigha.
TAYINLONE, place, with inn, 10 miles north-west of Portree, Isle of Skye.
TAYLUN, bay in south-west of Coll Island, Argyleshire.
TAYMOUNT, seat near Stanley, Perthshire.
TAYMOUTH CASTLE, seat of Earl of rJreadalbane, about a mile north-east of foot of Loch Tay, Perthshire. It was erected partly in 1580, but chiefly in present century ; is mainly a great quadrangular four-storey structure, with towers at the corners, and a large central pavilion 150 feet high; underwent very costly improvement for reception of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort in 1842 ; was further improved in 1879, at a cost of about 4000 ; and has extensive and very beautiful grounds.
TAYNABRUICH.
TAYNUILT, hamlet about a mile south-south-west of influx of river Awe to Loch Etive, Argyleshire. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Argyleshire, a railway station, and a hotel.
TAYOCK, burn, running south-south-eastward to Montrose lagoon, Forfarshire.
TAYPORT, town, formerly called Ferry-Port-on-Craig, on north coast of Fife. Pop. 2605.
TAYRIBBI, village in Appin district, Argyleshire.
TAYVALLICH, hamlet in North Knapdale parish, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Lochgilphead, and a public school with about 72 scholars.
TEAGUS, beautiful lake in Morvern parish, Argyleshire.
TEALING, village and parish in south of Forfarshire. The village stands 5 miles north of Dundee, and has a post office under Dundee, Established and Free churches, and a public school. The parish contains also Newbigging, Balgray, Balkello, and Todhills villages ; and it measures about 5 miles by 4, and comprises 7227 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7831. Pop. 757. The surface has all a basis of fully 500 feet above sea-level, and ascends northward to the summit-line of the Sid-laws. Tealing House is the only mansion. There are 3 schools with accommodation for 253 scholars.
TEANASSIE, picturesque burn, entering Beauly river at the Drhuim, in Inverness-shire.
TEANINICH, estate in Aluess parish, Ross-shire.
TEARNATE, lake in Morvern parish, Argyleshire.
TEASSES, seat in Ceres parish, Fife.
TECHMUIRY, place, with public school, in Fraserburgh parish, Aberdeenshire.
TEITH, river formed by two head-streams at Callander, and running thence 13 miles south-eastward to the Forth at 2J miles west of Stirling.
