Hartford Civic Centre Roof Collapse In Connecticut

Planned in 1970 as part of hartford s downtown revitalization efforts the civic center opened in 1973.
Hartford civic centre roof collapse in connecticut. At approximately 4 15 a m. Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997.
Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game. No one was in the building and no one was injured. The hartford civic centre building. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49.
About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. Just four pylons each set out from the edge of the building was used as supports providing a 13 7 m long cantilevered perimeter. In the early morning hours of jan. On january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed.
It collapsed into the arena below with a. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit. 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.
The day the roof collapsed there were odd little premonitions the day before the roof of the hartford civic center coliseum collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowstorm 20 years ago. 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. In the early morning hours of jan. On january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed.
18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice.