The Tay Bridge Disaster The Tay Bridge Disaster "The Tay Bridge Disaster" is a poem written in 1880 by the Scottish poet William McGonagall, who has been widely recognised as the worst poet in history. The poem recounts the events of the evening of December 28, 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge at Dundee collapsed as a train was passing over it with the loss of all on board (now thought to be 75 people and not 90 as stated in the poem). The foundations of the bridge were not removed and are alongside the newer bridge. The poem is
Pencoyd Railroad Bridge (Kansas City, Missouri) Pencoyd Railroad Bridge (Kansas City, Missouri) The Pencoyd Railroad Bridge is a former railroad bridge in Kansas City, Missouri that was converted into the Freight House Pedestrian Bridge and moved to its new location where it connects Union Station and the Crossroads Arts District. The bridge was built in 1892 just south of the Second Hannibal Bridge as part of the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad which ran from Independence, Missouri to the Argentine District in Kansas City, Kansas. Going west from Independence, the line reached the Kansas City Southern Railway Manifest Yard in what is now the River Market,