Bridge Failure Database
Barentin Viaduct between Rouen and Le Havre
| Year | 1846 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | France (10) |
| Cause | Human error |
| Details | Insufficient pier foundations, original design with stones replaced with debris filling |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | before 1900 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Reference | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. |
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