editorial
In 1847 a train driver crossing Robert Stephenson's bridge over the River Dee noticed a 'sinking'sensation before five carriages and the girders crashed into the river below. The Royal Commission which was established to investigate the failure was dubbed - by no less a figure than Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 'the Commission for Stopping Further Improvements in Bridge Building'.
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