Bridge Failure Database
Yarmouth Suspension bridge, Norfolk
| Year | 1845 |
|---|---|
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Overloading |
| Details | Collapse as hundreds of people crowded on bridge to see a clown ride down the river, bridge was found to have been constructed to an inferior quality |
| Fatalities | 80 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | before 1900 |
| Continent | Europe |
| References | http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/bridge.htm http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php |
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