Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . pier, and gives, when open, clear water-ways between the draw-pier and theadjacent north pier 162 feet, and the same on the south sid(\ The bridge is double-decked, the wagon-road being on the lower, and the railroad on the upper cost of this bridge was $1,000,
Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . pier, and gives, when open, clear water-ways between the draw-pier and theadjacent north pier 162 feet, and the same on the south sid(\ The bridge is double-decked, the wagon-road being on the lower, and the railroad on the upper cost of this bridge was $1,000, The wagon bridge leading to Rock Island 110 ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL. is 600 feet in length, of four equal spans; there is an iron railroad bridge also leadingto Rock Island. At the upper end of the Island there is a bridge thrown acrossSylvan water connecting with Moline. This bridge is 711 feet long, of five equalspans. THE DESIGN. The design of the Arsenal is evident — the ordnance department supplies thearmy vnth every article used by the soldier for offensive and defensive purposes. Itis proposed by the government to make this Arsenal the Arsenal for the whole Mis-sissippi Valley. When completed, if crowded to itsfull capacity in time of war, itwill be sufficient to arm, equip, and supply anarmyof 750, soldibrb babbicks. THE ISLAND DUKING THE WAK. During the Civil war. Rock Island was transformed into a military 1863 until the close of the war there were upwards of twelve thousand Con-federate soldiers confined as prisoners there. During that period the number ofdeaths was 1,961, all the interments being made on the Island. The city of the deadso populated is uo longer pointed out by the small mound or leaning have all been leveled, and suggestions of the prison days are undisclosed. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. In the national cemetery, at the upper end of the Island, lie the remains of about400 Union soldiers. The grounds are scrupulously c
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