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- IDNO:
- 048450
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Damage After Collapse into Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- A close-up look at the bent bridge steel.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the river.
- IDNO:
- 048451
- Title:
- Close-Up of Damage to Bluestone Bridge After Collapse into Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- An unidentified man climbs up the collapsed structure.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the river.
- IDNO:
- 048453
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Disaster, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Three men observe the damage after the span of the bridge collapsed into the mouth of the Bluestone River.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the mouth of Bluestone River.A week after the collapse the men began dismantling the twisted span, using a never before used technique by burning the steel beams with chemicals.