Title	Broad Street Bridge disaster photograph
Subject	Bridges Disasters Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Time Period	1940s
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	The Broad Street Bridge (Columbus, Ohio) roadbed and railing failure on west end of the bridge is visible on the left hand side of the photograph. During a downpour on August 21, 1947, a bolt of lightning struck the bridge, causing a portion of it to explode. Four pedestrians fell into the Scioto River; one of them died the following day. No cars fell into the river. Built after the 1913 flood, the Broad Street Bridge was demolished in 1990 and replaced by the Discovery Bridge.
Creator	Walter D. Nice for the Columbus Dispatch (Photographer)
Date of Original	August 21, 1947
Collection	Columbus Dispatch Photograph Collection
Source	P 245; Box 1, folder 8
Format	Picture Black-and-white photograph
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AL05622.tif
Image Height	2592
Image Width	2592
File Size	15562120 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-05

Broad Street Bridge disaster photograph

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