List of structural failures and collapses
Year Structure Location Type
1960 KOBR-TV Tower Caprock , New Mexico , US Guyed Mast
1962 LORAN-C transmitter Ejde Ejde , Faroe Islands , Denmark radio tower
1962 King Street Bridge ( Melbourne ) Melbourne , Victoria , Australia bridge
1962 KGW Tower Portland , Oregon , US radio tower
1963 Beaver Dam Bridge Murdochville , Quebec , Canada bridge
1963 Vajont Dam Friuli Venezia Giulia , Italy Dam
1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir Los Angeles , California , US Dam
1964 Tower of Pfarrkirche St. Johann Baptist Ichenhausen , Germany Church ( building )
1964 General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge Maracaibo , Venezuela bridge
1965 SES8 Tower Mount Burr , South Australia radio tower
1965 Iwo Jima LORAN-C Mast Collapse Iwo Jima , Ogasawara Subprefecture Japan radio tower
1966 Heron Road Bridge Ottawa , Ontario , Canada bridge
1966 Heiligenstedten Bascule Bridge Heiligenstedten , Schleswig-Holstein , West Germany bridge
1966 WLBT TV Tower Raymond , Mississippi , US TV mast / tower
1967 Queen Juliana Bridge Willemstad , Curaçao bridge
1967 Waltham transmitting station Waltham , UK Guyed Mast
1967 Silver Bridge Point Pleasant , West Virginia , US bridge
1968 Ronan Point collapse London , UK high rise
1968 KELO TV Tower Rowena , South Dakota , US Guyed Mast
1968 WAEO Tower Starks , Wisconsin , US Guyed Mast
Buildings and other fixed man-made structures -- 1960s–1970s
This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including some aircraft, bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.