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1965 Flashback: Bridge Tumbles
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AuthorHooper, Michael
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)Newspaper clippingsBridgesTopeka historyTopeka (Kan.)DescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clippings from the Topeka Capital-Journal, August 5, 2007; article details the Melan Bridge collapse that occurred on July 2, 1965; tells stories of the newspaper photographers who documented the rescue and recovery efforts that day; compares this bridge collapse in Topeka to the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, which had happened a few days before the article was published; ends by talking about bridge design and safety concernsIssue Date2007-08-05Date range2000sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Capital-Journal (please contact Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections for use).
PublisherTopeka Capital-JournalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)Newspaper clippingsBridgesTopeka historyTopeka (Kan.)DescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clippings from the Topeka Capital-Journal, August 5, 2007; article details the Melan Bridge collapse that occurred on July 2, 1965; tells stories of the newspaper photographers who documented the rescue and recovery efforts that day; compares this bridge collapse in Topeka to the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, which had happened a few days before the article was published; ends by talking about bridge design and safety concernsIssue Date2007-08-05Date range2000sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Capital-Journal (please contact Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections for use).Geographic Location
City, StateTopeka, KansasCountyShawnee County
CountyShawnee CountyRelated
PlaceTopeka, KSVertical FileBRIDGES-Melan Bridge
Vertical FileBRIDGES-Melan BridgeAdmin
Date Created2025-08-27
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Hooper, Michael, 1965 Flashback: Bridge Tumbles. Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 11/08/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/5915