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Sign of the works on the demolition of the Polcevera Viaduct and the construction of the bridge for Genoa. The Genoa Saint George Bridge [1] (Italian: Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio) [2] is a motorway viaduct that crosses the Polcevera river and the districts of Sampierdarena and Cornigliano, in the city of Genoa. It was designed by architect ...
The ships of the San Giorgio class were designed as improved versions of the Pisa-class design. San Giorgio had a length between perpendiculars of 131.04 metres (429 ft 11 in) and an overall length of 140.89 metres (462 ft 3 in). She had a beam of 21.03 metres (69 ft 0 in) and a draught of 7.35 metres (24 ft 1 in).
On 30 June 2014 the Italian Government endorsed Costa's decision to have the vessel dismantled at Genoa by Italian companies Saipem, Mariotti and San Giorgio. [181] [182] On 1 February 2014 a Spanish diver working on the Costa Concordia wreck died after cutting his leg on a sheet of metal. He was brought to the surface alive by a fellow diver ...
Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived. Only ...
The bridge's collapse killed six road workers and hindered traffic through the busiest port for car shipments in the U.S. Crashed ship that took down Baltimore bridge refloated, towed from channel ...
The wreckage of a Second World War US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been discovered off the coast of California almost eight decades after it sank.
San Giorgio, Portofino in 2012 Click on the map for a fullscreen view 44°18′05.24″N 9°12′41.63″E / 44.3014556°N 9.2115639°E / 44.3014556; 9.2115639
San Giorgio aground in 1913. San Giorgio ran aground in August 1911 off Naples-Posillipo; [10] heavily damaged, she was under repair until June 1912, missing most of the Italo-Turkish War. San Marco supported the occupations of Benghazi and Derna, Libya during the war and bombarded the fortifications defending the entrance to the Dardanelles. [11]