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... Bridge was the first . Ever since 1816 , Ohio and Virginia had joined in trying to persuade Con- gress to bridge the Ohio River at Wheeling , and ever since the same date there had been objections from Pennsylvania . It was the era when ...
... Bridge was the first . Ever since 1816 , Ohio and Virginia had joined in trying to persuade Con- gress to bridge the Ohio River at Wheeling , and ever since the same date there had been objections from Pennsylvania . It was the era when ...
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... bridge in the world . Ohio agreed . There was an agonized buzzing among the Pittsburgh river men , for though the rapidly rising bridge was immense , it was still not high enough to let many of the 250 river packets pass . Yet what ...
... bridge in the world . Ohio agreed . There was an agonized buzzing among the Pittsburgh river men , for though the rapidly rising bridge was immense , it was still not high enough to let many of the 250 river packets pass . Yet what ...
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... bridge piles . The bridge knocked off her smokestacks and demolished the superstructure ; splendid . Sec- ond , it must be demonstrated that nothing but an injunction would prevent the damage continuing . Stanton made a series of ...
... bridge piles . The bridge knocked off her smokestacks and demolished the superstructure ; splendid . Sec- ond , it must be demonstrated that nothing but an injunction would prevent the damage continuing . Stanton made a series of ...
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