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The Silver Bridge was an eyebar -chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
Deaths. 51. The Willow Island disaster was the collapse of a cooling tower under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia, on April 27, 1978. Fifty-one construction workers were killed. It is thought to be the deadliest construction accident in U.S. history.
Pleasants Power Station. / 39.36694°N 81.29472°W / 39.36694; -81.29472. Pleasants Power Station is a 1.3-gigawatt (1,300 MW) coal power plant located near Belmont, West Virginia in Pleasants County, West Virginia. The plant is owned by Energy Harbor and began operations in 1979.
Nov. 30—Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Tuesday that President Biden had approved a West Virginia disaster declaration that will help supplement local ...
Mothman, in West Virginian folklore, is a humanoid creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register, dated November 16, 1966, titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird ...
The Showboat Majestic's original home was Point Pleasant, West Virginia, pictured here in 1943. Point Pleasant – located about 150 miles from Cincinnati, just over the Ohio border – was the ...
The town of Point Pleasant was built on the site of the original fort, and so the rebuilt fort was located nearby. Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, United States, [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,101 at the 2020 census. [3]
Ohio River between Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio: 46 1976 Air Manila Flight 702: Accident – aircraft: Naval Air Station Agana, Guam: 46 1983 February 1983 North American blizzard: Winter storm: Northeastern United States: 45–91 1871 Staten Island Ferry § Staten Island Railway era: Accident – explosion: New York City ...