The Old Alford St. bridge linking Charlestown and Everett collapsed with a shattering roar of grinding steel and concrete into the Mystic River yesterday

The Old Alford St. bridge linking Charlestown and Everett collapsed with a shattering roar of grinding steel and concrete into the Mystic River yesterday

Item Information

Title:
The Old Alford St. bridge linking Charlestown and Everett collapsed with a shattering roar of grinding steel and concrete into the Mystic River yesterday
Name on Item:
Kevin Cole
Date:
February 1, 1965
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Brearley Collection
Subjects:
Bridge failures
Drawbridges
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Everett
Site of the old Alford Street Bridge
Extent:
1 photograph : film negative ; film size 6 x 6 cm
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger based on similar item.
Additional information accompanying item: Alford Street Bridge Collapse Charlestown Bridge collapses in Mystic River. Ten workmen escaped injury. Wreckage blocked river channel and forced a temporary halt to MBTA service. The drawbridge was being dismantled when the counterweight tore loose and the span crashed into the water
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):
Date from item or material accompanying item.
Identifier:
18_11_006036