Martin Antonenko
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A cavalry regiment brings down a bridge
On February 2, 1905, the regiment of the "Chevalier Gardes"...
... marched from its barracks to the Winter Palace in order to take over guard and court duty there on a regular basis.
When the regiment rode on horseback across the Egyptian Chain Bridge, which dates back to 1828 (so named after its decorations in the Egyptian style) in Saint Petersburg ...
...suddenly the bridge collapses!
Investigations show that the bridge was no longer able to cope with the rhythmic vibrations triggered by the horse's hooves.
A correspondent reports:
“At 12:30 p.m. the Life Guard regiment marched over the chain bridge in the direction of the road to Mogilev (Mogilev). When the first riders of the regiment reached the opposite bank, the bridge broke.
The regiment marched in rows of three, three platoons with their horses rushed into the water (note M.R. covered with a thin layer of ice), plus eleven sleigh teams that were also on the bridge.
There were no dead, three horses perished. The injured were taken to the hospital at the nearby Mikhail Artillery School. "
Immediately start to build a temporary wooden bridge ...
... which can be already inaugurated on April 16 ...:
This provisional arrangement did its duty until 1958.
Between 1954 and 1956 the engineer V. Demchenko and the architect P. Areshev built it. and S. Vasilkovskij ...
... at this point a modern bridge that still exists today ...:
The decorative elements in the Egyptian style, which gave the original bridge its name, have been preserved to this day ...:
On February 2, 1905, the regiment of the "Chevalier Gardes"...
... marched from its barracks to the Winter Palace in order to take over guard and court duty there on a regular basis.
When the regiment rode on horseback across the Egyptian Chain Bridge, which dates back to 1828 (so named after its decorations in the Egyptian style) in Saint Petersburg ...
...suddenly the bridge collapses!
Investigations show that the bridge was no longer able to cope with the rhythmic vibrations triggered by the horse's hooves.
A correspondent reports:
“At 12:30 p.m. the Life Guard regiment marched over the chain bridge in the direction of the road to Mogilev (Mogilev). When the first riders of the regiment reached the opposite bank, the bridge broke.
The regiment marched in rows of three, three platoons with their horses rushed into the water (note M.R. covered with a thin layer of ice), plus eleven sleigh teams that were also on the bridge.
There were no dead, three horses perished. The injured were taken to the hospital at the nearby Mikhail Artillery School. "
Immediately start to build a temporary wooden bridge ...
... which can be already inaugurated on April 16 ...:
This provisional arrangement did its duty until 1958.
Between 1954 and 1956 the engineer V. Demchenko and the architect P. Areshev built it. and S. Vasilkovskij ...
... at this point a modern bridge that still exists today ...:
The decorative elements in the Egyptian style, which gave the original bridge its name, have been preserved to this day ...:
