Broome county . OAK STREET SCHOOL, No. i. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. BROOME COUNTY ILLUSTRATED. Si BRIDGES, continued from page 79, litigation, a substantial bridge was built, the first free bridgein the city. The total cost of the new structure was some •^ This bridge was replaced in 1889 by the present solid ironbridge, with an asphalt Hoor. The Suspension bridge across the Chenango river at Ferrystreet was built by the city in 1871, at a cost of .i!2K,000. Thesite had previously been occupied by an old wooden toll bridgewhich had been taken away by the same flood that removed theold Court st
Broome county . OAK STREET SCHOOL, No. i. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. BROOME COUNTY ILLUSTRATED. Si BRIDGES, continued from page 79, litigation, a substantial bridge was built, the first free bridgein the city. The total cost of the new structure was some •^ This bridge was replaced in 1889 by the present solid ironbridge, with an asphalt Hoor. The Suspension bridge across the Chenango river at Ferrystreet was built by the city in 1871, at a cost of .i!2K,000. Thesite had previously been occupied by an old wooden toll bridgewhich had been taken away by the same flood that removed theold Court street bridge. Hon. Walton Dwight, at that timeMayor of the city, took an active part in securing the construc-tion of the new bridge, having pledged himself to pay all thecost above the estimated .f28,O0O, and having paid for the abut-ments. The cables of this bridge are composed of seven steelwire ropes two inches in diameter. W. A. Roebling, the famousengineer who afterwards built the Niagara Suspension bridg
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