Browsing the links in the wikipedia article about the accident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Bridge_disaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Bridge_d

Browsing the links in the wikipedia article about the accident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Bridge_disaster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Bridge_disaster it’s apparent the commission report didn’t stop people dying in similar rail bridge collapses. The designer, Robert Stephenson, and bridge inspector, Major-General Paisley, were not found liable at the inquest. It seems this may have been partly due to expert testimony in an early case of “alternative facts”. Stephenson himself was apparently ready to admit liability, but was “persuaded” to claim a derailment was the cause. [1] Similar bridge collapses occurred in the late 19th century. Only after the 1891 Norwood Junction accident was inspection of all bridges mandated. [2] Some cast iron deployed in bridges built in that period is still in place. Weak bridges have weight restrictions where needed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephenson#cite_note-149 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stephenson#cite_note-14... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Junction_rail_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_Junction_rail_accident