{"id":29053,"date":"2024-07-03T01:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T05:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=29053"},"modified":"2024-06-29T02:17:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T06:17:57","slug":"and-the-bridge-came-tumbling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/and-the-bridge-came-tumbling-down\/","title":{"rendered":"and the bridge came tumbling down …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Niagara Arch bridge footings on American side crushed by ice flow in early 1938 – courtesy Gibson Library, Brock University<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. \u00a0Editor Bob Lansdale received an email from England and began a search for a mysterious bridge.<\/p>\n

Bob writes, “The monster footings to the Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls, built in 1897-98, proved to be the down fall of the structure when in January 1938 a build-up of ice swept away the footing on the American side.<\/p>\n

“Starting on page 15 we have a story by John Marriage, editor of Photographica World \u2013 journal of the Photographic Collectors Club in Great Britain, who purchased a mystery image in an antique shop in Devon, England. Unable to identify the bridge, Marriage turned to members of the PHSC for assistance to trace the history of the bridge.”<\/p>\n

Image collectors well know the value of photography to record earthly disasters – iconic or \u00a0mundane – and strive to discover the stories behind their photographs. If you have one in your collection, drop me a line (info@phsc.ca<\/a>) and I will let our editors know (there may well be a journal story in the photo).<\/p>\n

It truly is a small world! Issue 37-2 with the full story was mailed to all paid members back then (more recent members can read the story on their DVD (covers Photographic Canadiana<\/em> volumes 1 – 40). Not yet a member? It’s easy – just follow the steps to the right, or view the MEMBERSHIP menu item above.<\/p>\n

Note: The post title is from a song penned by one of my favourite Canadian singers – Stompin’ Tom Conn0rs. The song is a memorial to the 19 souls who died out in Vancouver when the bridge at Berard Inlet collapsed in a wind storm in 1958 during its construction. Here’s Tom singing his song<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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