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The Tay Bridge Collapse: Disaster by Design
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Peter Burgess
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The Tay Bridge Disaster on the Firth of Tay near Dundee, Scotland from December of 1879. Winds were partly to blame but the chain of failures was long, and completely preventable at many points along the way.
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The Quebec Bridge Collapse: https://youtu.be/e4DTMe0huXM
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