Ashtabula River railroad disaster - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia

149 years ago tonight, Ashtabula changed forever. In 1876, a crowded train plunged into the ravine, and nearly a hundred lives were lost. Out of that tragedy came a hard lesson and, eventually, a hospital built within sight of where the bridge failed. This video follows that journey—from the monument, to the rails above the river, to the hospital that stands as a promise of help… and then to the rusted, crumbling underpasses that now stand between our community and emergency care. The disaster t

Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster