Quebec Bridge (1st bridge)

Quebec Bridge (1st bridge)

Description:

The bridge exceeded the weight limit for the lower chords, which were also faulty in their design, and it collapsed in mid-construction on August 29th, 1907.; Engineers: Theodore Cooper, Edward Hoare, John Sterling Deans, and Peter Szlapka; For more information see: William D. Middleton, The Bridge at Quebec (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2001)

Date Issued: 8/20/1907
Collection: Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
Subject Topics:
Bridges,  
Language: UND
Type: still image