1939 Saint Georges Delaware USA *Waukegan knocks bridge 10th January 1939, New Castel CountyWaukegan knocks down St. Georges bridgePhoto shows the 6.000-ton freighter after having hit the north tower of the bridge causing it to collapse. Immagine d'epoca raffigurante la nave da carico Waukegan dopo aver colpito e distrutto il Ponte St. George nello Stato USA del Delaware. Photo Keystone - ParisVera fotografia d'epoca, originale, autentica.Sono presenti il timbro datario e la nota dattiloscritta al verso. In buone condizioni.--------------------Note: Saint Georges is an unincorporated town situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, about midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. The town is located in New Castle County District 12 and is represented to the county council by Councilman James W. (Bill) Bell. The town has at least one civic association, the North Saint Georges Civic Association, which is led by President Phil Thayer.The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (Delaware Route 1) passes just west of town. It is the only cable-stayed bridge in the Delaware Valley and one of the first in the nation. It opened in 1995 as a replacement to the still standing St. Georges Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 13 over the town of Saint Georges and the Canal. The St. Georges Bridge is in turn a replacement for a former lift bridge that sat in the middle of town. That bridgebuilt in 1923was knocked down on January 10, 1939 by the 6,000-ton freighter Waukegan. The freighter lost control, hit the north tower of the bridge and caused it to collapse. Two people died: the bridge tender and the bridge electrician. One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge. It was a small pedestrian swing bridge that crossed over the former Saint Georges Locks. It was destroyed when the locks were dismantled during the first widening and deepening (to sea level) of the canal. originale e autentica 1

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10th January 1939, New Castel County
Waukegan knocks down St. Georges bridge

Photo shows the 6.000-ton freighter after having hit the north tower of the bridge causing it to collapse.

Immagine d'epoca raffigurante la nave da carico Waukegan dopo aver colpito e distrutto il Ponte St. George nello Stato USA del Delaware.

Photo Keystone - Paris

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale, autentica.
Sono presenti il timbro datario e la nota dattiloscritta al verso.

 In buone condizioni.

--------------------

Note: Saint Georges is an unincorporated town situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, about midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. The town is located in New Castle County District 12 and is represented to the county council by Councilman James W. (Bill) Bell. The town has at least one civic association, the North Saint Georges Civic Association, which is led by President Phil Thayer.
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (Delaware Route 1) passes just west of town. It is the only cable-stayed bridge in the Delaware Valley and one of the first in the nation. It opened in 1995 as a replacement to the still standing St. Georges Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 13 over the town of Saint Georges and the Canal. The St. Georges Bridge is in turn a replacement for a former lift bridge that sat in the middle of town. That bridgebuilt in 1923was knocked down on January 10, 1939 by the 6,000-ton freighter Waukegan. The freighter lost control, hit the north tower of the bridge and caused it to collapse. Two people died: the bridge tender and the bridge electrician. One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge. It was a small pedestrian swing bridge that crossed over the former Saint Georges Locks. It was destroyed when the locks were dismantled during the first widening and deepening (to sea level) of the canal.

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10th January 1939, New Castel County
Waukegan knocks down St. Georges bridge

Photo shows the 6.000-ton freighter after having hit the north tower of the bridge causing it to collapse.

Immagine d'epoca raffigurante la nave da carico Waukegan dopo aver colpito e distrutto il Ponte St. George nello Stato USA del Delaware.

Photo Keystone - Paris

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale, autentica.
Sono presenti il timbro datario e la nota dattiloscritta al verso.

 In buone condizioni.

--------------------

Note: Saint Georges is an unincorporated town situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, about midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. The town is located in New Castle County District 12 and is represented to the county council by Councilman James W. (Bill) Bell. The town has at least one civic association, the North Saint Georges Civic Association, which is led by President Phil Thayer.
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge (Delaware Route 1) passes just west of town. It is the only cable-stayed bridge in the Delaware Valley and one of the first in the nation. It opened in 1995 as a replacement to the still standing St. Georges Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 13 over the town of Saint Georges and the Canal. The St. Georges Bridge is in turn a replacement for a former lift bridge that sat in the middle of town. That bridgebuilt in 1923was knocked down on January 10, 1939 by the 6,000-ton freighter Waukegan. The freighter lost control, hit the north tower of the bridge and caused it to collapse. Two people died: the bridge tender and the bridge electrician. One other bridge spanned the C & D Canal before the lift bridge. It was a small pedestrian swing bridge that crossed over the former Saint Georges Locks. It was destroyed when the locks were dismantled during the first widening and deepening (to sea level) of the canal.