Old Alford St. Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady

Old Alford St. Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady

Item Information

Title:
Old Alford St. Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady
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.
Additional information accompanying item: Alford St. Bridge collapses. Kevin Cole Feb. 1, 1965. Old Alford St. Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady - And so she did. Right into the drink. The Old Alford St. Bridge linking Charlestown and Everett collapsed with a shattering roar of grinding steel and concrete into the Mystic River. Ten workmen escaped injury. Wreckage blocked river channel and forced a temporary halt to MBTA service. The drawbridge was being dismantled with the counterweight tore loose and the span crashed into the water. Eight of the men working on the road level were able to run to safety, but two others were forced to leap to escape death or serious injury. The bridge opened fully and then the tons of concrete contained in the counterweight tore loose, smashing downward and releasing the open span
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):
Date from item or material accompanying item.
Identifier:
18_11_006506