Strange but true

1In 1885 a young woman jumped off the Clifton
Suspension Bridge. Her large, fashionable, nineteenth-
century skirt acted as a (8) _________ and she

landed safely after a 75m fall. She lived into her seventies.

2 The first (9)__________ flew under the bridge in

1911. The last plane was a jet travelling at 720kph in

1957; the (10)____________ crashed the plane and

died.

 

Get real Find out about a famous bridge or building in your country. Who designed it and when was it built? Draw a diagram and label the dimensions.

 

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