bridgefailures

96 photos tagged bridgefailures, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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Howard Clifford running off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during collapse, Tacoma, Washington

from University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • BigBean said:
    some very dramatic footage of the disaster: www.archive.org/details/SF121
  • Walker Beach said:
    great photo. better known in the PNW as "Galloping Gurdy"... now, TNB.
  • absorbing shock said:
    In 2007 prior to the 2nd Tacoma Narrows Bridge being officially opened to motor vehicles, they held a run finishing and ending on the bridge with all the participants receiving a 'I Ran the Span' T-shirt. Somebody came up with this clever T-shirt for the original I Ran the Span... [http://www.flickr.com/photos/suspensionstayed/4228320351/in/photostream]
  • Jose Antonio Corzo Aguas said:
    maravillosa
  • Career Flux said:
    To The University of Washington, I've published this 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' image by you in an article on my blog at the following link: www.careerflux.com/5-infamous-disasters-in-the-field-of-c... Please visit the article at the link above and see if you like it. Thanks for the nice image. Mona.

Part of the train salvaged from the Tay

from National Library of Scotland

  • g_ponsonby said:
    The front of the the tender.

Steam engine salvaged from the Tay

from National Library of Scotland

  • Erik Baas is verhuisd naar Ipernity said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Rail_Bridge
  • David Flett said:
    I believe this locomotive was repaired and put back into service! Though from the evidence of this photo they must have scrapped the frames, since they are clearly badly buckled. Perhaps it was just the boiler and wheels they reused?