On 15 October 1970, Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapsed during construction, killing 35 workers in what remains Australia’s worst industrial accident. The disaster occurred when engineers attempted to correct a misalignment between two bridge segments by loading them with concrete blocks. The span buckled, and 2000 tonnes of concrete and steel fell 50 metres into the Yarra River and surrounding industrial yards. Many of the victims were on their lunch break in workers' huts underneath the bri

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