Hooked mat of Québec Bridge

August 26, 2018

Hooked mat of Québec Bridge 

Canadian Museum of History, 75-919, IMG2009-0063-0031-Dp1

In this mat, two boaters on the St. Lawrence River approach the Québec Bridge. Designed in 1906 as the longest cantilever bridge in the world, it collapsed on August 29, 1907, killing 75 workers.