History of Spain. Alcudia bridge disaster. Located at kilometre 279 of the railway line from Madrid to Ciudad Real and Badajoz, between the stations of Almadenejos and Chillon. The bridge collapsed suddenly in the early hours of 27 April 1884, when mixed train number 51 passed, plunging the locomotive, the tender, four cattle cages and seven wagons with numerous passengers to the bottom of the river. Fifty-nine people lost their lives, most of them recently discharged soldiers. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Rico. Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 8, 1884.
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History of Spain. Alcudia bridge disaster. Located at kilometre 279 of the railway line from Madrid to Ciudad Real and Badajoz, between the stations of Almadenejos and Chillon. The bridge collapsed suddenly in the early hours of 27 April 1884, when mixed train number 51 passed, plunging the locomotive, the tender, four cattle cages and seven wagons with numerous passengers to the bottom of the river. Fifty-nine people lost their lives, most of them recently discharged soldiers. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Rico. Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 8, 1884.

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26 juin 2018

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