Hartford Civic Center Roof Collapse 1978

Civic center collapse hartford 1978 jeff dunshee sad city hartford on january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed.

Hartford civic center roof collapse 1978.

Ten days of bad weather coupled with a snowstorm the prior evening were responsible for the weighty accumulation of snow and ice that led to the rooftop s failure. Community corner hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago in the early morning hours of jan. Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. In 2013 in anticipation of.

18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats.

At approximately 4 15 a m. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997. The roof of the coliseum at the hartford civic center had collapsed under the weight of the snow.

On january 17 1978 a tuesday evening 4 746 basketball fans watched the uconn men s team upset umass 56 49 at the hartford civic center. It was stunning breaking news that happened just before dawn on january 18 1978. It collapsed into the arena below with a. Just hours earlier some 5000 fans had left after watching a basketball game.