The Ashtabula River railroad disaster was caused by the collapse of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on Friday, December 29, 1876. The Pacific E
Wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly, January 20, 1877. The locomotive Socrates is at upper right
Amasa Stone, the bridge's designer
The chord, diagonals, angle blocks, and vertical posts of the Ashtabula Bridge, as drawn from original plans by Charles MacDonald in 1877
One design for a half-angle block. The attached chord puts immense downward (shear) stress on one side of the block only, for which the block is not designed.
Great Train Wreck of 1918
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The Great Train Wreck of 1918 occurred on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Two passenger trains, operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, collided head-on, co
Ashtabula River railroad disaster
…92 of the 160 people aboard. It was the worst rail accident in the U.S. in the 19th century and the worst rail accident in U.S. history until the Great Train Wreck of 1918. It remains the third-deadliest rail accident in U.S. history. The coroner's report found that the bridge, located about 1,000 feet (300 m) from the…
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