The steel ring is a reminder that engineers are not infallible, and that they must take their work seriously etc. The original rings were rumored to be made out of the steel from the collapsed Quebec Bridge - The Quebec Bridge's 1,800 foot cantilever structure collapsed in 1907.
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Agathocles was a tyrant of Syracuse, and rose to prominence after inheriting the wealth (and wife) of whom?
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