Electromagnet to be used in salvage after bridge collapse in S. China

Xinhua News Agency | June 17, 2007 | Copyright

Electromagnet to be used in salvage after bridge collapse in S. China

NANHAI, Guangdong, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A seven-ton electromagnet is to be used to salvage the missing people and vehicles after a bridge collapsed in south China's Guangdong Province, local maritime affairs department said on Sunday.

The 9,000-watt magnet, which has an attraction force of 30 tons, arrived at the scene early Sunday evening. Initially it might be used to salvage an object located 900 meters downstream from the site of bridge collapse.

Experts suspected that the object was the debris of a vehicle about 20 ...

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