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Ignite Boulder was a blast once again! This forth installment took place on April 29th, 2009 at a larger venue, CHEM140 (how appropriate for our twitter generation). It provided more than adequate seating for 420+ people that belted loud cheers, boos and everything in between. Presentations were once again exceptional, check out Ignite Boulder website for more details and information on when video will be available.
A huge thank you to Rande, who handled all the venue issues. Kath was the resident mic wrangler, and Craig Kindal handled the video again (will post that shortly). Larkin lead the clean up charge, huge thanks! Also big thanks to ProPhotoRental for providing me with a rental 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Canon Lens So I didn't have to be in the face of the presenters for close up shots.
Scholars’ Studio is a fun, informal event that features 10 rapid-fire ignite-style presentations (5 minutes each) given by graduate students and postdocs doing research on topics related to an interdisciplinary theme. Hosted by the UW Libraries Research Commons and The Graduate School, Scholars' Studio gives students the opportunity to share their research across disciplines, make connections and build presentation skills.
Presentations:
Opening Presentation. Colliding Worldviews: Library vs Student. Theresa Mudrock, History Librarian, UW Libraries.
Countering Conflict with the Mundane: Ethnic Interaction and Civil Society in Latvia. Indra Ekamanis, Jackson School of International Affairs.
Natural and Cultural Worlds Collide: The New Neptunian Course of California Civilization. John Paul Calavitta, English.
Nanoscience in Healthcare: Diagnosing Drug Resistance in Developing Nations. Shin Inoue, Mechanical Engineering.
Semiotics in Creole-Speaking Melanesia. Andrew Livingston, Linguistics.
Higher Ed and Athletics: When Identities Collide for the Developing Individual. Mike Bryant, College of Education
Mozart in the Wild West. Katherine Isbill Emeneth, Music.
And One For All: The Clash Between Communitarian and Autonomous Societies in Genetic Research. Emmi Bane, Institute for Public Health Genetics.
Massacring the Colonials à la Foucault. Alan-Michael Weatherford, Comparative Literature.
Promoting Positive Interracial Interactions in Young Children. Arianne Eason, Psychology.
Laboratory Time Travel. Sonia Singhal, Biology.
The Disaster
On the evening of 25th October 1960 a number of barges were making their way up river from Avonmouth to Sharpness. Amongst them were two vessels operated by John Harker Ltd. of Knottingley, Yorkshire. The WASTDALE H had been built locally at Sharpness Shipyard in 1951. She was a tanker barge and was carrying a load of petroleum. The ARKENDALE H had been built by Richards Ironworks of Lowestoft in 1937 as a dumb (unpowered) tanker barge. She had been converted to a motor barge in 1948 and was later lengthened. Her cargo was Britoleum black oil, a heavy oil which required her to be fitted with heating coils in her tanks to keep the oil liquid.
The barges hit thick fog near Berkeley Power Station and the strong incoming tide was running at 5 knots making it difficult to manoeuvre the vessels for their approach to the lock at Sharpness. Both barges were swept past the lock entrance and the found themselves by the old, disused dock entrance further upstream. The two barges came abreast and the skippers found it impossible to separate them. Whilst they struggled to break them apart they drifted yet further upstream until the port bow of the WASTDALE H hit pier 17 of the bridge. The bridge shook with the impact and the WASTDALE H turned onto her port side and began to sink. As pier 17 gave way under the pressure the two spans it supported fell onto the barges causing the WASTDALE H’s petroleum cargo to ignite and explode. The ARKENDALE H’s cargo of black oil was also ruptured and with the help of the petroleum it too ignited leaving the entire expanse of the river blazing. The two barges drifted on up river before grounding on the Ridge Sandbank. Skipper George Thompson of the ARKENDALE H managed to make it ashore. His engineer Jack Cooper also survived but not before he received a severe back injury sustained by an encounter with the still-rotating propeller of the sinking ARKENDALE H. Skipper James Dew of the WASTDALE H was the only other survivor. The other five crew members were missing.
The next morning the smouldering wrecks of the two barges were left high and dry on the sand with the WASTDALE H standing on her port side. On the following tide she settled back to en even keel. Attempts were made to pump out and search both vessels for the missing crew members but their inaccessible position made the job difficult. All five bodies were later found at various locations along the Severn. On 30th October 1960 the Army blew holes in the bow and stern of both barges to prevent them refloating. They remain there to this day, submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide.
On the night of the disaster the Fairfields workers engaged on the strengthening of the bridge decided to take an early meal break in order to listen to the Henry Cooper v Karl Muller boxing match on the wireless at Severn Bridge Station. Had they not done so the death toll would have been considerably worse as the span they were working on was one of the two that fell.
Within a month of the disaster the Western Region of British Railways had prepared an outline plan to repair the bridge. Pier 16 would be repaired and a new concrete pier would be constructed to replace pier 17. A single, welded mild steel span would then be placed across the top, supported in the middle by the new pier. The projected cost for this was £85,000.
It was found that pier 16 was significantly damaged and was leaning towards the Sharpness bank. It was therefore decided to erect a timber trestle beneath span 15-16 and the contract to do this was awarded to Peter Lind & Co. Ltd.
The bridge suffered further mishap on 17th February 1961 when the tanker barge BP EXPLORER capsized and struck pier 20 causing a further £12,740 worth of damage.
Peter Lind & Co. Ltd. hired the twin floating crane TWEEDLEDUM & TWEEDLEDEE to assist with the erection of the trestle. On the 14th April 1961 the TWEEDLEDUM & TWEEDLEDEE broke away from its moorings on a flood tide and drifted into the bridge damaging the dolphins on pier 20. The crane jib also struck the underside of the bridge. This time the damage was estimated at £6,000."