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Buried Stories: The Tragedy, and Legacy, of the "Effie Afton"

Summary by rcreader.com
On April 21, 1856, the nation’s first railroad bridge across the Mississippi – connecting the Rock Island Arsenal to Davenport – was completed. Built with more than 220,000 pounds of cast iron, 400,000 pounds of wrought iron, and one million feet of timber, the bridge was an engineering marvel.
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rcreader.com broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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