The Dundee Engineering Tour (formerly the Dundee 3E Tour)
Schedule
Sat Apr 04 2026 at 03:30 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
V&A Sign | Dundee, SC
About this Event
Please Note
Refund Policy - Sorry NO refunds
This is an outdoor event - please dress appropriately
Tours may be postponed due to severe weather warnings.
The tour route is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Duration 80 - 90 minutes.
The Dundee Engineering Tour - does NOT include entry to any attractions or the Port of Dundee.
We shall depart the V&A sign at 3:30 PM please be there 5 minutes beforehand so I can check tickets and run though the itinerary.
Look out for a guy with a SFP baseball cap.
Join us for The Dundee Engineering Tour along Dundee's waterfront with your friendly and knowledgeable guide, the local photographer Stephen Finn (as seen on LinkedIn).
If you like my LinkedIn content you'll love the tour, if you don't enjoy my content this tour isn't for you.
How did they built the
- V&A Design Museum
- Tay Road Bridge
- original Tay Rail Bridge
- Dundee Railway Station
How do move a jackup drill rig and how they work
How to build an offshore windfarm
Plus the adventures of the RRS Discovery
V&A Design Museum
How do you build a structure with no vertical external walls?
How do you build a waterfront museum?
Why is the only V&A museum outside of London in Dundee?
Tay Road Bridge
How did they build the Tay Road Bridge in the 1960s?
Tay Rail Bridge
What lessons were learnt from the catastrophic failure of the first Tay Rail Bridge?
Please note we won't be this close to the bridge. This view can only be obtained from Wormit in Fife at very low tides.
Dundee Railway Station
How did they demolish the old railway station and build a new one above a busy train line?
Why isn't the arch in the middle of the hotel?
Jackup rigs
- What's it like onboard
- What do they do
- How to they move them.
The jackups at the Port of Dundee are not being decommissioned. They are here for maintenance waiting for their next job so they could head out to sea at any time.
Please note the jackup in the above photo has left Dundee but there is another further along the shore. However I will talking from photos taken on board a jackup drill rig.
How to build an offshore windfarm.
Hear about
- Jackets
- Towers
- Nacelles
- Blades
And the mighty vessels used to construct these giant structures.
The RRS Discovery
Why was the RRS Discovery built of wood + in Dundee?
Hear about her expedition to the Antarctic with Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. The first British Expedition to that region in 60 years.
What did they take?
What did they do?
What hardships did they endure?
Why are we very lucky to see the ship today?
Please note the tour does NOT include entry to the RRS Discovery.
🧅 Dress like an onion 🧅
Dress like an onion. In layers, with warm and waterproof clothing.
Don’t forget comfortable footwear, hats and gloves.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
☀️ The route is lovely when the sun is out, in horizontal rain, not so much. 🌧️
It can be wet and windy on the waterfront.
Please note the tour may be postponed due to severe weather warnings.
Where is it happening?
V&A Sign, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 8.00 to GBP 29.00
