Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river collapsed twice
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The story of one fall - Erazvitie.org  The project of constructing a bridge over the river close to Quebec had been ... terminal blocks which would connect the bridge with the city and existing railways. .... Mr. Berk, an engineer who came to the bridge minutes before its collapse, and .... The second bridge was finally completed in 1917 and its weight was twice as...
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jeopardy/1207_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  OVER THE RIVER | Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river collapsed twice | St. Lawrence River. right: Pamela. Wrong:.
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Quebec Bridge - Wikipedia  The Quebec Bridge is a road, rail and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River ... Before the Quebec Bridge was built, the only way to travel from the south shore of ... 1852 a project for a bridge over the St. Lawrence River at Quebec was considered, .... Its railway designation is mile 0.2 subdivision Bridge.
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Qubec bridge. This bridge collapsed twice during construction with ...  Qubec bridge. This bridge collapsed twice during construction with 89 workers dying. It was completed in 1917. Its centre span of 549 meters (1800 ft) remains the longest cantilevered bridge span in the world. | See more ... Maior ponte em arco do mundo Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge http://en. Save Learn more at...
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Collapse of the Quebec Bridge, 1907 - EngagedScholarship@CSU  bridge was finally completed in 1917, and stands today. A recent ... was completely cut off until the river iced over and travel was ... Phoenix Bridge Company sent its chief engineer to meet with the ... pioneering the use of steel for railway bridges, and had prepared ... Quebec Bridge just before collapse (Modjeski et al. 1919.
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Dates in Canadian Railway History  1836, July 21 - Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opened. ... Bytown was renamed Ottawa in 1855 and the railway became the Ottawa and ... line between Toronto and Sarnia and establishes a ferry service across the St. Clair River .... Mr. Arnum was night operator for the Grand Trunk at the time and is the only one of...
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The Johnstown Flood - May 31, 1889 - HISTORY.com  Check back soon or see our FAQs here. ... All events in one email; A variety of categories; Shareable content .... The South Fork Dam collapses on this day in 1889, causing a flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, that kills more than 2,200 people. ... An engineer at the dam saw warning signs of an impending disaster and rode...
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Paris floods: 'There's something terrifying about it' | World news | The ...  Jun 4, 2016 ... The rain-swollen Seine, which has spilled over on to embankments in many places in Paris, peaked at 6.07 metres on Friday night, its highest level in more than 30 years. ... In 1910, the river swelling reached more than eight metres, but, ... Standing in the drizzle on the Louis Philippe bridge near Paris's city...
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Pont Pierre-Laporte - Wikipedia  The Pierre Laporte Bridge (French: Pont Pierre-Laporte) is the longest main span suspension ... It was originally named the New Quebec Bridge and was supposed to be called Pont Frontenac (Frontenac Bridge) until it was renamed in honour...
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Mississippi River bridges: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of ...  Jan 29, 2012 ... Crossing the mighty Mississippi required engineering marvels. ... first Mississippi River span in Louisiana and unleashing a welcome burst of civic ... assassin's bullet had taken his life three months before the bridge's opening. ... The Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish remained the only span over the...
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Johnstown Flood - Wikipedia  The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork ... High above the city, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania built the South Fork Dam ..... Portions of the Stone Bridge have been made part of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, established in 1969 and managed by the...
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Exploring Niagara Falls | Bridges of the Past  The steep slopes of the Niagara gorge would present another problem. ... see both the United States and Canada sharing equally in the construction of a suspension ... a Suspension or other Bridge over the Niagara River near the Falls, for the ... to build the first permanent railway suspension bridge over the falls from the...
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River bifurcation - Wikipedia  River bifurcation (from Latin: furca, fork) occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams ... Canada's aptly-named Divide Creek splits into two branches near Kicking Horse Pass on the ... on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
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May 31, 1889 Johnstown Flood by The New York Times  For days after the disaster, The New York Times ran articles spotlighting the flood ... clear: On May 31, 1889, after days of rain, the South Fork Dam collapsed and ... At 4:07 p.m., the floodwaters rushed into the industrial city of Johnstown, ... The water flowed through the arches of the Pennsylvania Railroad's stone bridge.
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Dates in Canadian Railway History  1836, July 21 - Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opened. ... In 1857 the Champlain and St. Lawrence became part of the Montreal and Champlain Railroad which .... 1859, December 12 - First train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, .... not only with the American railway system but also with the CP steam ships.
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KOBE EARTHQUAKE OF 1995 | Facts and Details  The earthquake in Kobe on January, 17, 1995 left 6,425 dead, injured 25,000 ... A major freeway collapsed, streets were uplifted, and railroad tracks buckled and twisted. ... Kobe is considered one of the nicest cities in Japan and ironically some ... for emergency use; and the Hanshin Expressway, between Osaka and Kobe,...
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Tower Bridge - Wikipedia  Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built in 18861894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has ... The vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the ... the river, with Horselydown Lane, on the south  now known as Tower Bridge...
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Transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia  A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a .... The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) completed the second transcontinental ... direct line between Southern California and the East by way of the Atlantic and Pacific, ... of the Quebec Bridge, although its line to the Pacific opened in 1914.
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'Our National Calamity': The Great Easter 1913 Flood: An ...  May 1, 2014 ... The earth and rock-fill South Fork Dam (1), as originally designed and built ... erosive flow then caused the dam's earthen embankment to collapse in a classic ... The failure flood wave moves much faster and is far more violent, with ..... of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 31, 1889.
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Maria Pia Bridge - Wikipedia  The Maria Pia bridge (Ponte Maria Pia), commonly known as Ponte Dona Maria, is a railway bridge built in 1877 by Gustave Eiffel in Porto, Portugal. Built of wrought iron, its two-hinged crescent arch used to carry the railway to Lisbon for 353 metres (1,158 ft) across the River Douro at a height of 60 m (200 ft) above the river. ... Eiffel, in his account of the bridge which accompanied the 1:50 scale model...
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Nomination file 1485 (27 MB) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre  Aug 31, 2015 ... network across the Forth estuary, or firth, it represents the ..... Quebec Bridge, the Akashi-Kaikyo. Bridge. In many ways it ...... Humber or Akashi Kaikyo, the ...... Transbay/ East Bay. 427 ..... (Spain), Pont du Gard (France), and.