Search Results
- IDNO:
- 048443
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Disaster, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 048444
- Title:
- Bluestone High Bridge Span After Falling into Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- The damage of the accident can be seen on the right. A small group of people observe from the dirt path below.Five workmen killed and four injured when the 300-ton span buckled and folded downward into the river.
- IDNO:
- 048445
- Title:
- Low Gap Church on Ridge near Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Church pictured in the distance. The area pictured is about one mile south of Bluestone River Dam.
- IDNO:
- 048446
- Title:
- New River Road Running Alongside Bluestone Reservoir, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Looking at the lake from the dirt road.
- IDNO:
- 048447
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Steel Bent and Collapsed, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- 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 mouth of Bluestone River.
- IDNO:
- 048448
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Bent Steel After Collapse into 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 mouth of Bluestone River.
- IDNO:
- 048449
- Title:
- Bluestone Bridge Span Collapse into Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1950
- Description:
- Ground view of the disaster.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.
- 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:
- 048452
- Title:
- Construction Workers Repairing Bluestone High Bridge After Its Collapse, Summers County, W. Va.
- Description:
- The men stand on 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 mouth of Bluestone 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.
- IDNO:
- 048454
- Title:
- View Looking Up Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 2002
- Description:
- Lilly Bridge, formerly known as Bluestone High Bridge, is pictured spanning across the mouth of the river.
