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 Willow Island Memorial | |
| Date | April 27, 1978 |
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| Location | Willow Island, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39°22′02″N 81°17′29″W / 39.367238°N 81.291484°W |
| Cause | Failure of scaffolding |
| Deaths | 51 |
The Willow Island disaster was the collapse of a cooling tower under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia, on April 27, 1978. Fifty-one construction workers were killed. It is thought to be the deadliest construction accident in U.S. history.[1][2][3]
- ^ Ross, Steven S. (1984). Construction Disasters: Design Failures, Causes, and Prevention. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 377–388. ISBN 0-07-053865-4. LCCN 83-16215.
- ^ Feld, Jacob; Carper, Kenneth L. (1997). Construction Failure (second ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 422–424. ISBN 0-471-57477-5. LCCN 96-33425.
- ^ Ward, Jr., Ken (April 27, 2008). "'It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island". The Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2013.