Tay Bridge disaster

E90093
bridge collapse disaster railway accident

The Tay Bridge disaster was a catastrophic 1879 railway bridge collapse in Scotland during a violent storm, killing dozens of passengers and prompting major changes in bridge engineering and safety standards.

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Label Occurrences
Tay Bridge disaster canonical 5
Tay Bridge disaster of 1879 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge collapse ⓘ
disaster ⓘ
railway accident ⓘ
bridgeMaterial wrought iron ⓘ
bridgeName Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
surface form: First Tay Rail Bridge
bridgeType lattice girder bridge ⓘ
cause bridge structural failure ⓘ
construction defects ⓘ
design flaws ⓘ
high wind ⓘ
inadequate maintenance ⓘ
insufficient wind bracing ⓘ
violent storm ⓘ
consequence changes in bridge design standards ⓘ
collapse of central spans of Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
loss of train and passengers into River Tay ⓘ
public inquiry ⓘ
reputation damage to Thomas Bouch ⓘ
revisions to railway safety regulations ⓘ
stricter wind loading requirements ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
date 1879-12-28 ⓘ
day 28 ⓘ
engineerOfCollapsedBridge Thomas Bouch ⓘ
finding bridge was badly designed, badly built, and badly maintained ⓘ
followedBy construction of second Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
impactOnField bridge engineering ⓘ
railway safety ⓘ
structural safety standards ⓘ
investigatedBy Court of Inquiry ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Dundee ⓘ
location River Tay ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
month December ⓘ
notableFor collapse of a major railway bridge during a storm ⓘ
high death toll ⓘ
influence on modern bridge engineering ⓘ
numberOfDeaths >50 ⓘ
~75 ⓘ
partOf history of civil engineering failures ⓘ
history of railway accidents in the United Kingdom ⓘ
railwayCompany North British Railway ⓘ
riverCrossedByBridge River Tay ⓘ
timeOfDay evening ⓘ
transportType railway ⓘ
vehicleType passenger train ⓘ
year 1879 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Firth of Tay → hasHistoricalEvent → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge → precededBy → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge → hasDisasterAssociation → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
Thomas Bouch → notableEvent → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
Court of Inquiry → appliesToEvent → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge Disaster
Tay → notableEvent → Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
subject surface form: River Tay
this entity surface form: Tay Bridge disaster of 1879