Educational192910 min720×480

AMERICA'S GREAT BRIDGE TEST

National Archives

Education

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AMERICA'S GREAT BRIDGE TEST Produced: 1929

Description On 1927 tests of Swift Island Bridge over the Peedee River, North Carolina. Shows the bridge and construction work on a nearby dam. Various tests are made by the Bureau of Public Roads to test the strength of a modern concrete bridge. Shows the bridge being bombed, hit by artillery shells, and completely destroyed by mines as part of the War Department experiments. A new bridge is constructed on the site.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7297

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