Hammersmith Bridge Bomb
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Hammersmith bridge has been the target of two bombs.
Hammersmith bridge bomb. There were two small explosions but the main bomb made up of 30 lb of semtex which. Two powerful bombs were put beneath the bridge during the 1996 attack but they failed to detonate properly. Various shots of the damage caused by a bomb attack on hammersmith bridge london. The cast iron bridge was already closed to vehicles but cracks in its ageing structure widened as a result of the heatwave forcing hammersmith and fulham council to ban all crossings.
Could possibly have been caused by the ira irish republican army. The first bomb was spotted by maurice childs a hairdresser from chiswick. Anti terrorist police are examining hammersmith bridge after a small bomb exploded on the south side of the bridge at 4 30am this morning. It caused significant damage and there are still weight restrictions in place.
Hammersmith bridge has been bombed before the bridge was bombed by the real ira at 4 30am on june 1 2000. Once by the ira in 1939 and once by the provisional ira in 2000. It was the biggest bomb detonated in great britain since the second world war it targeted the city s infrastructure and economy and caused significant damage estimated by insurers at 700 million equivalent to 1 3 billion in 2019 only surpassed by the 2001 september 11 attacks and the 1993 bishopsgate bombing in terms of financial cost. Hammersmith bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the river thames in west london it links the southern part of hammersmith in the london borough of hammersmith and fulham on the north side of the river and barnes in the london borough of richmond upon thames on the south side of the river the current bridge which is grade ii listed and was designed by civil engineer sir joseph.
No one was hurt in the explosion and no group has yet. 1996 hammersmith bridge bombing. L s s of policeman standing guard as workmen inspect the damage on the eve of the boat race. On 24 april 1996 the provisional ira planted two powerful bombs underneath hammersmith bridge in west london.
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