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Old 22-09-2005, 18:34   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by KenCo1964
It was Thomas Bouch an engineer who was given the tender and later knighted by Queen Victoria during his career but later ended his life in disgrace after the collapse of his greatest achievement The Tay Bridge.
Which is where the term a botch (Bouch) job comes from I think.
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