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Many braces and counter-braces had fallen out of position before the bridge collapsed, something inspectors either did not notice or the railroad did not repair. The committee found no defects in materials, and rejected the idea that application of the air brakes by the second locomotive caused the bridge to collapse.
An investigation into the cause of the collapse is being conducted by the Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie , [15] and no work on the bridge will resume for at least a week pending the investigation. [ 16 ] [ 8 ] Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte , expressed condolences, describing the accident as "tragic" and extending wishes for ...
Collapsed after a 10-ton truck crossed the bridge, which had a 5-ton limit. Old bridge remains at bottom of river. [33] Heron Road Bridge: Ottawa: Canada 10 August 1966: Concrete road bridge Collapsed during construction due to use of green lumber and the lack of diagonal bracing on the wooden support forms for concrete pour. 9 killed Rebuilt.
Although the Ohio River basin covers an area with 25 million people, many cities and towns have reservoirs and rely on water sources other than the Ohio River. Ohio officials did encourage East ...
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Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008. [2]Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc.
Two people died and two others were injured Wednesday when part of a bridge being built over a canal in the eastern Netherlands collapsed, emergency services said. The accident happened in Lochem ...
The collapse destroyed the tower, KLTV's analog and digital antennas, KLTV's digital transmitter, and FM station KVNE's antenna. The analog transmitter was undamaged, and within a few days was moved to KLTV's backup tower in east Tyler. The collapse occurred the day after Raycom Media officially took ownership of the station. WALB-TV Mast ...