Professor Trevor Whittaker crosses a Guinness world record beating Meccano Bridge, spanning more than 100 feet across Clarendon dock in Belfast. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire Engineering students in ...

A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan. A Guinness World Records official confirmed it has set a record for the world's largest Meccano ...

Engineering students in Belfast have set a world record with a 100ft bridge made from Meccano. A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan. A ...

Prof Trevor Whittaker, a Guinness World Record representative and QUB Vice Chancellor Prof Patrick Johnston on the bridge on Saturday Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a ...

A Christmas present which lay unopened for 83 years has fetched hundreds of pounds at auction after being unearthed during a house clearance. The Meccano Engineering for Boys set from 1936 was ...

Prof Trevor Whittaker, a Guinness World Record representative and QUB Vice Chancellor Prof Patrick Johnston on the bridge on Saturday Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a ...

Engineering students in Belfast have set a new world record by constructing a 100ft Meccano bridge over Belfast's Clarendon Dock. The temporary structure, put together by third-year civil engineering ...