Engineering form triumphant over style • Complete absence of decoration • Recognition by international engineering profession Plaques e.g. by ASCE are not too obtrusive. Newer ones, e.g. Saltire, RHT are reversible Solidity, strength and security (to recover the reputation of railway engineering from the Tay Bridge Disaster) • Diminutive scale of the pier on Inchgarvie for the start of Bouch's suspension bridge contrasting with the: • Holbein straddle of the cantilevers • sweeping batter of the stone piers • strong tubes for compression elements • arched form of bottom chord (unlike most cantilever bridges) and relatively small link spans to continue the apparent curve • wider central pier (noticeable in E or W elevation) • ?