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Title: View of old rail bridges from the Han Highway Bridge at Seoul
Date Created and/or Issued: 1952
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Distant view of the damaged Han River railroad bridge at Seoul, shot from the rebuilt highway bridge. Hundreds of Koreans had died on this spot on June 27, 1950--two days into the war--when South Korean forces blew up the road bridge to slow the advancing North Koreans. Tragically, hundreds of refugees crossing the bridge perished in the explosion or drowned.
Type: Image
Identifier: http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll5/id/2659
Subject: War
War damage
Railroad bridges
Bridges
Rivers
University Archives
Source: Hanson A. Williams, Jr. Collection of Photographs and Negatives 0017: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r78g0k
Relation: Sub-series 1.5: Scenic

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