Norwalk rail accident

Quand

6 mai 1853

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

41.10° N, 73.42° W

Description

train wreck

Deaths

48

1853 railroad accident in Connecticut

The Norwalk rail accident occurred on May 6, 1853, in Norwalk, Connecticut, and was the first major U.S. railroad bridge disaster; 48 were killed when a train travelling at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) plunged into the Norwalk Harbor off an open swing bridge.

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