. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. ngineer who planned its construction wouldnever have been engaged to erect the Brooklyn Bridge, as aportion of the Amsterdam Bridge fell of its own weight beforeits completion, and the plan was changed and the bridge con-structed with two piers instead of one. The foundation of theold pier in the centre can yet be seen during the summer,when the water is clear. This bridge was carried away by aflood in 1839, ^^^ another bridge that was immediatelyerected met a similar fate in 1842. The third stood firm until1865, when the northern span was car
. The Mohawk Valley : its legends and its history. ngineer who planned its construction wouldnever have been engaged to erect the Brooklyn Bridge, as aportion of the Amsterdam Bridge fell of its own weight beforeits completion, and the plan was changed and the bridge con-structed with two piers instead of one. The foundation of theold pier in the centre can yet be seen during the summer,when the water is clear. This bridge was carried away by aflood in 1839, ^^^ another bridge that was immediatelyerected met a similar fate in 1842. The third stood firm until1865, when the northern span was carried away during thespring flood of that year. In the early part of the spring of 1865 heavy rains hadcleared the Mohawk of ice, and continuing for a number ofdays filled the river until it seemed as though the banks couldhold no more. In fact, it overflowed into the Erie Canal andfilled some of the levels east of Auriesville. At that time a new lattice bridge was being built across theriver at Fonda, the heavy lattice timbers being in place. The. D D o aX H :^^ u^ u^^^ \ \ ^st°^ ,.uN^ ve^°\,,o^- \. :00f ^^\-^ ^ Canajoharie—The Hills of Florida 393 banks of the canal above having been washed away, two largecanal boats passed into the river and, floating down, struck andwrecked the uncompleted structure. The morning this occurred was bright and beautiful withthe sunlight of early spring, and many people were on the Am-sterdam Bridge and the banks of the river, watching theunprecedented flood, which reached within three feet of thebridge, a covered structure of heavy, latticed timbers, that hadwithstood the wear and tear and storms of years. The watersurging by was forced in huge volumes up the piers, and fellfrom their sides in muddy brown cascades, and seethed andboiled as it lashed the sides of the blocks of stones, as thoughit were angry that its course should be checked by such aseemingly frail impediment. Inside of the structure on beamsand lattice was the dust of th
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