Broughton Suspension Bridge was an iron chain suspension bridge built in 1826 to span the River Irwell between Broughton and Pendleton, now in Salford...
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A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type...
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North Yorkshire Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester Broughton Suspension Bridge, 1831 collapse Broughton, Shropshire, in Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill...
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Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge stood from 1855 to 1897 across the Niagara River and was the world's first working railway suspension bridge. It spanned...
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The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in...
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resonance effects on suspension bridges, following the 1831 collapse of the Broughton Suspension Bridge and the 1850 collapse of Angers Bridge, led to notices...
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1839. The Broughton Suspension Bridge had collapsed in 1831 when soldiers marched over it in step. Subsequent spectacular suspension bridge collapses...
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Mechanical resonance (section Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
bridge can even be destroyed by its resonance (see Broughton Suspension Bridge and Angers Bridge). Mechanical systems store potential energy in different...
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structure, as seen through the microscope in Edinburgh. April 12 – Broughton Suspension Bridge over the River Irwell in England collapses under marching troops...
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structurally flexible bridge can set it into dangerously large amplitude oscillations. On April 12, 1831, the Broughton Suspension Bridge near Salford, England...
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Schrägkettenbrücke". www.bernd-nebel.de. Retrieved 2016-09-02. "Great Yarmouth suspension bridge disaster memorial unveiled". BBC. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2016-09-02...
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Suspension Bridge, by Thomas Telford Menai Suspension Bridge, by Thomas Telford Monnow Bridge, Monmouth Newport Bridge Newport, Caerleon Bridge Newport,...
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The Brilliant Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Kootenay River near Castlegar, British Columbia. It was built in 1913 by Doukhobors settled...
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collapses includes bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. Structural integrity and failure List of aircraft structural failures List of bridge failures List...
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over Greece.[citation needed] 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.[citation needed]...
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Astronomical Society receives its Royal Charter. 12 April – Broughton Suspension Bridge over the River Irwell collapses under marching troops. 27 April...
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barracks in Salford by way of Lower Broughton and Pendleton. As the men were crossing the Broughton Suspension Bridge, built four years earlier by Fitzgeralds's...
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The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard...
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the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2016. Break-Step Bridge clip cut from Myths Revisited See Top Gear Series 4 Episode 8 (18 July 2004)...
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Horkstow Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the New River Ancholme near the village of Horkstow in North Lincolnshire. It was designed by Sir John...
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maintained by the Environment Agency. Broughton is an inverted suspension bridge, which replaced an earlier bridge in the mid- to late 19th century, but...
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Church, Galashiels railway station Garvald Gattonside, Gattonside Suspension Bridge Gavington George Meikle Kemp Memorial Gilmanscleuch Gilston Glen Ho...
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the bridge. Access from the northern side involves climbing an easily spotted flight of stairs, located on the east side of the bridge at Broughton Street...
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between J39 Christleton and J36a Broughton. The A55 crosses the River Dee and the border into Wales, passing close to Broughton, Flintshire, and passing north...
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Alexandra Bridge Park lies within the lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada. This provincial park is adjacent to the historic suspension bridge from...
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This is a list of all the bridges and viaducts in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. Bridges are listed under their current use or traffic...
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Robertson in 1870, it was considered a marvel of early suspension bridge design. In 1928 the original bridge was destroyed by severe flooding and was rebuilt...
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river passes through the deep Avon Gorge, spanned by Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge: the river is tidal and is navigable by seagoing vessels at high tide...
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crossed by the Old Dee Bridge, dating from the 13th century, the Grosvenor Bridge of 1832, and Queen's Park suspension bridge (for pedestrians). To the...
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University. Samuel Johnson (1785) A Dictionary of the English Language Arthur Broughton (1797) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the...
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