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Cooper refused to supervise the construction on site, claiming ill health, and trusted Peter Szlapka, who was little more than a desk engineer. By the summer of 1907 the consequences of Cooper's design and of the lack of leadership on the site began to show up on the structure itself, especially in the "compression members" - the lower outside horizontal pieces running the length of the bridge.
Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-bridge-disaster-feature
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Cooper refused to supervise the construction on site, claiming ill health, and trusted Peter Szlapka, who was little more than a desk engineer. By the summer of 1907 the consequences of Cooper's design and of the lack of leadership on the site began to show up on the structure itself, especially in the "compression members" - the lower outside horizontal pieces running the length of the bridge.
Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-bridge-disaster-feature