West Gate Bridge Accident – 1970

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Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge across the Yarra River links the city to the suburbs and leads out to an industrial…

Ronan Point – 1968

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Much of London’s East End was flattened by German bombs in World War II and in 1961 a program of…

Vajont Dam Landslide – 1963

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The postwar recovery of the Italian economy was driven by the great industrial cities of the north and the Vajont…

Baikonur Launch-pad Explosion – 1960

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The rocket launching site of Baikonur in Central Asia was at the heart of the Soviet Union’s space program. Located…

Malpasset Dam Collapse – 1959

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When the French government decided to build a dam to improve the water supply and irrigation for the notoriously dry…

Tacoma Narrows Bridge – 1940

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The first half of the last century witnessed a burgeoning enthusiasm for the suspension bridge, especially for the clean lines…

St Francis Dam Catastrophe – 1928

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One of the key issues affecting the development of Los Angeles was the provision of an adequate and dependable water…

Quebec Bridge – 1907/1916

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Looking today at the imposing bulk of Quebec Bridge as it straddles the St Lawrence River, you would be hard…

Detroit Wonderland Theater – 1898

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Detroit was on the cusp of its rebirth as Motor City and Henry Ford was cutting his teeth as a…

Tay Bridge Disaster – 1879

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It took engineer Thomas Bouch 20 years to persuade the operators of the east coast London-to-Scotland railway line to commit…