Remembering Dec. 15, 1967
Staff Report
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A look at the front page of the Dec. 16, 1967 edition of the Point Pleasant Register.
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Point Pleasant
Registerreveals a front page that seemed to be unfolding by the minute during a time when getting the news out, wasn’t easy or quick.
The edition recounts eyewitness accounts, including that of Paul Scott, then age 51, of Middleport, Ohio. His account was reported as follows:
“I was in the car. The bridge toppled to one side. We were near the middle of the water going toward Kanauga. I was with J.O. (James) Pullen of Middleport and F.D. (Frederick) Miller of Gallipolis. I don’t know if they made it or not. We work for New York Central. I’m a trainman at Institute, W.Va. The bridge was shaking, once too often. It went to the left, and then to the right,
Remembering Dec. 15, 1967
Staff Report
All photos OVP Archives
All photos OVP Archives
All photos OVP Archives
All photos OVP Archives
All photos OVP Archives
All photos OVP Archives
A look at the front page of the Dec. 16, 1967 edition of the Point Pleasant Register.
All photos OVP Archives
Point Pleasant
Registerreveals a front page that seemed to be unfolding by the minute during a time when getting the news out, wasn’t easy or quick.
The edition recounts eyewitness accounts, including that of Paul Scott, then age 51, of Middleport, Ohio. His account was reported as follows:
“I was in the car. The bridge toppled to one side. We were near the middle of the water going toward Kanauga. I was with J.O. (James) Pullen of Middleport and F.D. (Frederick) Miller of Gallipolis. I don’t know if they made it or not. We work for New York Central. I’m a trainman at Institute, W.Va. The bridge was shaking, once too often. It went to the left, and then to the right,
Ohio Valley History… The Silver Bridge: ‘It folded like a deck of cards…’
By Chris Rizer - Special to OVP
A memorial marking the spot of the Silver Bridge Disaster on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. The marker was placed by the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter, NSDAR. (Chris Rizer | Courtesy)
An absolute masterpiece of American engineering, the Silver Bridge was designed by the J.E. Greiner Company of Baltimore (who later designed the Chicago Skyway and Baltimore Harbor Tunnel) and built by the American Bridge Company of Pittsburgh (who later built the New River Gorge Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) in partnership with the West Virginia-Ohio River Bridge Corporation. The WV-ORBC had been organized just a few years prior by Dr. Charles E. Holzer, who, as someone who needed quick access to patients, intimately understood the need for quicker transportation between Ohio and West Virginia.
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