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Crewmen and divers searched grimly Saturday [...]
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AuthorTopeka Capital-Journal
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)BridgesNewspaper clippingsDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clipping from the Topeka Capital-Journal, July 4, 1965; clipping is comprised of a black and white image showing the collapsed Melan Bridge with a crane and men in a boat on the river attempting to find the second car that many reported also falling into the river when the bridge collapsed; a group of other men stand in the foreground watching.Issue Date1965-07-04Date range1960sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Capital-Journal
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)BridgesNewspaper clippingsDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clipping from the Topeka Capital-Journal, July 4, 1965; clipping is comprised of a black and white image showing the collapsed Melan Bridge with a crane and men in a boat on the river attempting to find the second car that many reported also falling into the river when the bridge collapsed; a group of other men stand in the foreground watching.Issue Date1965-07-04Date range1960sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Capital-JournalGeographic Location
City, StateTopeka, KansasCountyShawnee County, Kansas
CountyShawnee County, KansasRelated
PlaceTopeka, KSVertical FileBRIDGES-Melan Bridge
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Topeka Capital-Journal, Crewmen and divers searched grimly Saturday [...]. Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 06/03/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/5907