Hooked mat of Québec Bridge
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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.