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The Dixon Bridge Disaster, also known as the Truesdell Bridge Disaster, occurred on Sunday, May 4, 1873, when the bridge across the Rock River at Dixon, Illinois, collapsed while spectators were observing a baptism ceremony in the river below. The collapse killed 46 people and injured at least 56 others.
The boat and bridge caught on fire, and the steamboat owner sued for damages, claiming the bridge was a hazard to navigation. It was defended in court by an Illinois lawyer: Abraham Lincoln. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Lincoln won the case for the railroad, arguing that a person has a much right to build a bridge to cross a river as another person has to ...
The Norbert F. Beckey Bridge replaced the Muscatine High Bridge (1891-1972). Construction on the bridge was completed in December 1972. A pillar from the old High Bridge still stands at Riverside Park in Muscatine. In 1956 the newly established Muscatine Bridge Commission was able to purchase the High Bridge for just over $880,000. [3]
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The original span of the McClugage Bridge was designed as a steel cantilever bridge in 1939 [4] to replace the Upper Free Bridge across a narrow stretch of Upper Peoria Lake just to the north. Due to World War II, the bridge was not completed until 1948. [3] In 1964, the bridge was repaired after over a decade of service. [5]
Chicago & North Western Railway Stone Arch Bridge: 1882 1993-08-19 Roscoe: Winnebago: Stone arch bridge Duncan Mills Bridge: ca. 1910: 1980-10-29 Lewistown: Fulton: Parker Eads Bridge: 1867, 1874 1966-10-15 East St. Louis
All but one of the horses survived the fire. One horse, a 28-year-old Mayer, needed to be euthanized on the scene after breaking her two front legs running from the fire, according to KCBS .
Tarter's Ferry Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one was a 9-panel Parker through truss that carried Tarter Ferry Road over the Spoon River near Smithfield, Illinois . [ 2 ]