Quebec Bridge Timeline of Events

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right|thumb|Lifting the centre span in place was considered to be a major engineering achievement. Photo caption from [[Popular Mechanics]] Magazine, December 1917...

Timeline of Events

1907

8.29.1907

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

1916

9.11.1916

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed ''in toto'' on August 29, 1907.

1917

12.3.1917

After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.