The trick is that the bathtub is connected under water to a boat much farther up the river that is actually towing the bathtub; it only looks like the geese are towing it.
The bridge had previously supported larger crowds, but the bridge deck had been widened the year before, meaning that the weight of the crowds on the outside edge was now mostly supported by one chain instead of both, and there was a manufacturing flaw in that chain which failed under the load.
The trick is that the bathtub is connected under water to a boat much farther up the river that is actually towing the bathtub; it only looks like the geese are towing it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarmouth_suspension_bridge
The bridge had previously supported larger crowds, but the bridge deck had been widened the year before, meaning that the weight of the crowds on the outside edge was now mostly supported by one chain instead of both, and there was a manufacturing flaw in that chain which failed under the load.
some would blame the clown, but it’s always some shitty manager somewhere ramming a project through without due diligence that kills people