Hartford Ct Civic Center Roof Collapse

18 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center collapsed just hours after a college basketball double header.

Hartford ct civic center roof collapse.

On january 17 1978 the roof of the hartford civic center arena collapsed. The arena roof was a 90 by 110 meter space frame levy and salvadori 1992 kaminetzky 1991 feld and carper 1997. Two guards and two maintenance men were reportedly in the hartford civic center but not under the coliseum roof when the collapse occurred at 4 15 a m. 18 1978 the roof fell in under the weight of snow and ice.

Hartford civic center roof collapsed 1978 in the early morning hours of jan. Community corner on this date. Civic center collapse hartford 1978 jeff dunshee sad city hartford on january 18 1978 at about 4 20 in the morning the hartford civic center roof collapsed. 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.

No injuries were reported. Forty years ago on jan. Hartford civic center roof collapsed 40 years ago greater hartford ct in the early morning hours of jan. Dennis house takes a look back in.

At approximately 4 15 a m. About six hours later in the early morning of january 18 the roof of the sports coliseum collapsed onto 10 000 empty stadium seats. On january 18 1978 the civic center roof collapsed six hours after the university of connecticut defeated the university of massachusetts 56 49. 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.

What are your memories of. Only six hours earlier five thousand people had been in the arena watching a basketball game.