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Challenging the claim that the Quebec bridge symbolism is false

While I am willing to hear arguments that the link to the Quebec bridge originated as a rumor (a "Just so" story, if you will :-) ), I don't think the claims in the article are sufficiently documented.

Citation 3 ("Engineer-in-Residence/ Iron Ring ", Professional Engineers Ontario") does indeed title its discussion "myth", but doesn't contest "The story is that the early rings ... were made from the iron from the collapsed bridge." and positively asserts that "Today's iron rings are a reminder of the Québec Bridge that collapsed." So that rather supports the view that the rings are at least symbolically associated with the bridge collapse.

Citation 2 "Compiled by Dr. J. Jeswiet, "Information Relevant to the Iron Ring Ceremony" does plainly assert not just that rings weren't made from the bridge, but that there's no symbolic connection to the bridge either. However, this document is nothing more than a page on "some random guy's website", not usually acceptable to support WP articles, and the references for these claims are to two people, not verifiable published documents, so as they stand, these are basically unsupported claims.

Does anyone have any firmer references for the claims made in the WP article? Gwideman (talk) 01:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

31 April 1925

Was 1925 some special leap year with 31 days in April? Perhaps the cited source has the same mistake. I don't have access to the source. If the source makes the same mistake I suggest adding an indication that it does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.68.124 (talk) 12:31, 5 March 2021 (UTC) Missed I was not signed in when I wrote this.101gerald (talk) 17:42, 5 March 2021 (UTC) The source says six days after 25 April. So I corrected to 1 May. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101gerald (talk • contribs) 17:54, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]