Bridge Collapse

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Record Details

title: Bridge Collapse
date: January 29, 1904
description element: Photograph that has been cut out from a newspaper article showing the Huron River Valley train crash. The photograph caption read, "Wreck caused by the collapse of Trestle Bridge of Ann Arbor." Ten railroad cars dropped sixty feet from the bridge to the Huron River.
comments: This photograph can also be found in the "Railroads of Ann Arbor" narrative in the Topics section of this website.
keywords: railroad bridge; railroad accident; railroad passengers; Ann Arbor Railroad Company; Huron River; bridge
institutional source: Bentley Historical Library; University of Michigan
ID: 40
image filename: bridgewreck

Technical Details

Collection: Students on Site
Image Size: 650 x 452
File Size: 39 KB
Record: 40
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sos/x-40/bridgewreck

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Full citation: " Bridge Collapse." In the digital collection Students on Site. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sos/x-40/bridgewreck. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2025.