Hartford Ct Civic Center Roof Collapse

Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game.
Hartford ct civic center roof collapse. At approximately 4 15 a m. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit.
40 years ago the hartford. 18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed under the weight of heavy 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. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997.
Faulty design was ultimately ruled as the culprit. In the early morning hours of jan. On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. 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.
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. Forty years ago on jan. In the early morning hours of jan. It collapsed into the arena below with a.
Dennis house takes a look back in. On january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed. Six hours later in the early. At 4 19am on january 18 1978 downtown hartford narrowly missed being the site of one of the deadliest disasters in american history when the entire roof of the hartford civic center arena covering an area of nearly 2 5 acres and weighing 1 400 tons suddenly collapsed onto a coliseum of 10 000 empty seats.