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Bridge From Goat Island, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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From Goat Island, Niagara Falls.
The Bridge to Goat Island is one of
the sights of Niagara. It is a beautiful
structure and takes the place of several
previous crude wooden affairs that served
as passage way the past three-quarters
of a century. The first Bridge was
erected in 1870. It was carried away by
the ice the following Spring. Other
bridges were erected in 1818, 1839, 1849
and 1856. The piers were formed first
by building a massive abutment of tim-
ber on the water's edge, from which were
projected enormously long and heavy
beams of timber. These were secured
by great piles of stone, and their outer
ends rendered steady by stilts thrust
into the bottom of the river. A platform
was then built, loaded with stone and
sunk, and on this a pier was built.
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