Bridge Failure Database
Iron Bridge in Cheshire (Dee River)
| Year | 1847 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Limited knowledge |
| Details | Brittle cast iron, unknown buckling-bending behaviour |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Injuries | 18 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | before 1900 |
| Continent | Europe |
| References | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/lists/historytechnology/successfailures.html SMITH, D.W., Bridge failures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Vol. 60, 1976, pp. 367-382. |
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