River Tay 1942 filmed version of the book recreates the bridge's catastrophic collapse. The rail bridge was rebuilt, with the replacement bridge opening on 11 June 1887. A passenger and vehicle ferry service operated across the River Tay between Craig Pier, Dundee and Newport-on-Tay in Fife. In Dundee, the ferries were known as "the Fifies". The service was discontinued on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge on 18 August 1966. The last vessels to operate the service were PS "B. L. Nairn" and two more modern ferries equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers, MVs "Abercraig" and "Scotscraig". The Tay is mentioned in
Alaric Tay Alaric Tay Alaric Tay (born Tay Liang Hoong, Alaric on 26 June 1979) is a Singaporean director, producer and actor. Tay was born in Singapore and raised in a strict Christian family. Tay would later passionately pursue entertainment as the career of his choice and graduated with a degree in film studies from Griffith University in Australia. He began his career in the film and television scene as an actor at the age of seventeen. He was given a supporting role in a made-in-Singapore feature film called "That's the Way I Like It", which was personally picked up for distribution