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226 Soldiers Swallowed up in a Few Seconds at Angers in 1850: What Caused the Bridge of the Basse-Chaîne to Give Way Was neither the Weight of the Men nor the Flood of Maine

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226 soldiers swallowed up in a few seconds at Angers in 1850: what caused the bridge of the Basse-Chaîne to give way was neither the weight of the men nor the flood of the Maine A suspended bridge, it is a structure that rests on cables stretched between two anchor points, rather than on massive pillars [...]
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226 soldiers swallowed up in a few seconds at Angers in 1850: what caused the bridge of the Basse-Chaîne to give way was neither the weight of the men nor the flood of the Maine A suspended bridge, it is a structure that rests on cables stretched between two anchor points, rather than on massive pillars [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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