The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . LOCK AT STATE DAM, TROY. with the last of the bridges that then spanned the Hudson. Since thena railway-bridge has been thrown across it at Albany, six miles of Troy, and Watervliet or West Troy opposite, and of theKatzbergs, thirty miles distant, were obtained from the same point ofview. The Troy Bridge was sixteen hundred feet in length, andconnected Green Island with the main, having a draw at the eastern endfor vessels to pass through. It was used as a public highway in crossingthe river, and also as a viaduct of the Eensselaer an
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . LOCK AT STATE DAM, TROY. with the last of the bridges that then spanned the Hudson. Since thena railway-bridge has been thrown across it at Albany, six miles of Troy, and Watervliet or West Troy opposite, and of theKatzbergs, thirty miles distant, were obtained from the same point ofview. The Troy Bridge was sixteen hundred feet in length, andconnected Green Island with the main, having a draw at the eastern endfor vessels to pass through. It was used as a public highway in crossingthe river, and also as a viaduct of the Eensselaer and Saratoga was built of timbei, was closely covered, and rested upon heavy stonepiers. It crossed where formerly lay a group of beautiful little islands,when Troy was in its infancy. They have almost disappeared, except THE HUDSON. 113 the larger one, which is bisected by the bridge. Among these islandsshad and sturgeon, fish that abound in every part of the river below, werecaught in large quantities, but they are seldom seen th
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