City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ing of the first bridge there is a certaindegree of cloudiness in the record, but itappears certain that the second bridge wasthat of Blackfriars, erected presumably in1831 and rebuilt twenty years later. Thereis equal uncertainty, as to the date of the. M-* H 0} o EH o2 first structure over the river at the foot ofWellington street, but it was called newin 1840, reported dangerous in 1847, and inthe latter year ordered to be rebuilt. TheRidout street bridge was first erected in1848. It was swept away by a flood. It is
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ing of the first bridge there is a certaindegree of cloudiness in the record, but itappears certain that the second bridge wasthat of Blackfriars, erected presumably in1831 and rebuilt twenty years later. Thereis equal uncertainty, as to the date of the. M-* H 0} o EH o2 first structure over the river at the foot ofWellington street, but it was called newin 1840, reported dangerous in 1847, and inthe latter year ordered to be rebuilt. TheRidout street bridge was first erected in1848. It was swept away by a flood. It isrelated that some of the men engaged in ONTARIO, CANADA. 25 pile-drivmg eased their labor by sawing oiT homestead in London South to the mill site, the tops of the piles by night. This may on the city side. This he maintained for account for flunsiness in the structure, but private travel. A lavk^suit with some of the the successor to this bridge, built in 1868, other residents was the result, they claiming
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