Colin Baird

Retired Chartered Civil Engineer and Author

Colin Baird is a retired Chartered Civil Engineer with a passion for the outdoors and mountaineering. His engineering career took him to many parts of the world and his work on energy projects has given him an understanding of the importance of climate change and sustainability. Colin’s photographic work can be seen online at:

https://www.instagram.com/col.baird/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor-images/

My Speaker Sessions

Wednesday 27 November 2024

12:10

A Thing So Delicate: The Hidden Voices of Scotland's Mass Concrete Viaduct

12:10 - 12:35 Engineering & Culture
  • A Thing So Delicate is a hybrid, high-concept project that tells the stories of Scotland’s major mass concrete viaducts built at the height of the Victorian railway mania (1880 -1904).
  • The project is a collaboration between author, Moira McPartlin and her husband, civil engineer and photographer, Colin Baird.
  • Moira and Colin travelled through Scotland recording their adventures to find these delicate creatures, who have carried railways over a century of progress into modern day Scotland.
  • In this presentation Moira and Colin will share their adventures using photographs, historical facts and a small sample of the fiction and poetry each viaduct inspired.

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