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To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)

To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)

Date1/27/1938
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  • To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge; Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations; then held firm while it came down in a heap. The upper gorge holds this wreckage of a 40-year-old bridge which engineers say might have lasted another 35 years.
  • To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge, Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations, then held firm while (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: To-day a 4,500 tons of scrap steel on the ice of Niagara Gorge; Niagara's ice jam pushed Falls View bridge from its foundations; then held firm while it came down in a heap. The upper gorge holds this wreckage of a 40-year-old bridge which engineers say might have lasted another 35 years.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106857F
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Black and white photograph of a bridge running through a wooded area.
Anderson, William Alfred, 1880-1962
Approximately 1915