These are the first pictures of the Ashtabula Bridge. It will be featured in a documentary "The Engineering Tragedy" on PBS. This bridge is a recreation of the Ashtabula Train bridge that collapsed in Ashtabula, Ohio on December 29, 1876 during a raging blizzard. In this town off the shores of Lake Erie, an all-iron railroad bridge collapsed sending a luxury train, The Pacific Express No. 5, plummeting 70ft into a frozen river. Of the172 souls that were on board, only 75 survived, most with serious injuries. Of the 97 who perished, 47 were identified, 50 were unidentifiable.
This unfortunate event helped pave the way for bridge safety and passenger list of today’s standards.
The Ashtabula Bridge will join the stone abutments, built in November, in Bloomsfeild Ohio were the documentry is being flimed.
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