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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And the new, second bridge was for the
double track program and was a deck girder bridge while the previous bridge was
a through truss. Unfortunately, in March of 1913, this new bridge was
obliterated by the big flash flood of that date. The 1913 flood was a
real biggie which wiped out most of the railroad and interurban bridges and
tracks in the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Gary Rolih<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 29, 2009 9:57
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 3N&W Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> N&W in 1909--Bridge</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Tunga><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tunga'>Bluefield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Tunga><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tunga'> Daily
Telegraph<br>
November 23, 1909</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>TO BRIDGE THE <st1:place
w:st="on">SCIOTO</st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Plans for New
Structure Completed by <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Norfolk</st1:place></st1:City>
and Western</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Plans have now been completed by the <st1:City
w:st="on">Norfolk</st1:City> and Western officials for the construction of a
new bridge over the Scioto river adjacent to the present one just west of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chillicothe</st1:place></st1:City>. Blue
prints are now in the hands of the chief engineers of the road and the work
will be begun as soon as right of way trouble is cleared up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> The bridge will be built at an angle of about 60
degrees from the present bridge. The abutment on this side will be
extended and the first part of the bridge will be built on it, but the
remainder of the piers will be separate, although built close together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=6 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Gordon Hamilton</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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