Description: Train Wreck Broken Tin Bridge Bangor ME Green Mount Stereoview 1871 Real Photo Stereoview Train Wreck Broken Tin Bridge Bangor ME Green Mount Stereoview 1871 When the Tin Bridge, Lower Main Street, Bangor, Maine collapsed under the weight of the mail train to Bangor around 7.30 on the evening of August 9, 1871, coaches were rapidly dispached from the city--and thousands of spectators followed. Some 2,000 went that evening, and estimates the next day indicated that 10,000 people gathered throughout the day. This stereo photograph shows a fraction of the crowds. The inquest of the Maine Central Railroad Company concluded that the bridge, which was eighteen years old and made of wooden trusses, was rotten, and took full responsibility. An inspection had occured earlier in the year, which found no indication of rot but indicated that the bridge should be strengthened to accommodate the heavier and more frequent traffic, repairs which had not been immediatly carried out. The engineer was found to have been running slightly faster than usual in order to make up time and avoid losing the right of way, although his instructions specifically read to avoid making up time, and it was theorized that the higher speed, combined with a lurch as the brakeman waited until the train was almost upon the bridge to apply the brake, produced a sudden jar which overstressed the bridge. The brakeman and one passenger died in the crash, which sent all but one of the six cars off the track and down the embankment, and fourty-four were injured. The Bangor Whig and Courier reported extensively on the crash, and carried excerpts of the inquest in the following week. This information came from the Bangor Public Library via Maine Historical Society. Condition - Good - Very Good Please See our other views. We do combine shipping. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Location: Bolton, Massachusetts
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Type: Stereoview & Stereoscope
Subject: Historic & Vintage
Antique: Yes
Vintage: Yes
Production Technique: Stereoview
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original Print
Time Period Manufactured: 1871
