Excerpt from Wells River Bridge and Other Haverhill Toll Bridges This second bridge stood but five years and was washed away in 1812. The proprietors of the bridge seem to have become discouraged by these successive disasters, and it was not till 1820 that a third bridge was constructed. This was also an Open bridge, and was below the mouth of Wells river. It was carried away in\the freshet of' 1850, and a new one built, which stood till the present bridge was con structed, when it was taken down It was demolished as a ...
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Excerpt from Wells River Bridge and Other Haverhill Toll Bridges This second bridge stood but five years and was washed away in 1812. The proprietors of the bridge seem to have become discouraged by these successive disasters, and it was not till 1820 that a third bridge was constructed. This was also an Open bridge, and was below the mouth of Wells river. It was carried away in\the freshet of' 1850, and a new one built, which stood till the present bridge was con structed, when it was taken down It was demolished as a consequence of the railroad war, a great event in its time, but which is pretty much forgotten now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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