Title

Falls View Bridge collapse at Niagara Falls - ice conditions one day prior to the collapse

Description

en-CA A massive ice jam in January 1938 brought down the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. Traffic on the bridge was halted at 4 a.m. on January 27 and a death watch began. Bruce Leslie wrote in the Niagara Falls Review "at 9:30 o'clock the whole ice jam surrounding the rest of the wreckage shifted. Huge channels of water appeared ...At about 3:45 o'clock the final section broke away and floated down river...As it floated down river those watching on the gorge bank had to run to keep up with the speed of the river current moving the massive piece of ice which carried what remained of the bridge. It sank into the water opposite Otter Street on the Canadian side and Elmwood Avenue on the American side ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=282278

Type

Still Image

Medium

Black and white photograph

Extent

10.42 x 5.25 cm

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Date Created

19380127

2007-08-24

Subject

Bridges - Fallsview/Honeymoon/Upper Steel Arch

Niagara River - Ice

Provenance

In the personal collection of Pat and Gary Ward

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

United States - New York - Niagara Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

Date Modified

2014-06-23