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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Lisadian Bridge on 25th January 1859

Document Summary

The report on the collapse of the Lisadian Bridge in 1859.

This document was published on 11th February 1859 by Board of Trade.

It was written by Capt. George Ross (RE).

This item is linked to the Accident at Lisadian Bridge on 25th January 1859

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 2 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Stuart Johnson and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 4th October 2008.

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"The wing wall slipped forward several feet, retaining its proper batter and curvature for nearly its whole length, while the pilaster fell in ruins, bringing with it the quoin stones of the abutment and of half the arch, with some part, about 6 feet in length, of the wing wall."

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