The View from the French King Bridge

A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth.

Marker is on Mohawk Trail (Massachusetts Route 2), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Gorge Bridge Train Wreck

The High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey

The most memorable train wreck in the history of the High Bridge Branch occurred on the morning of Saturday, April 18, 1885 when the central and southern spans of the ...

Burning the Wrightsville Bridge

River Towns - Civil War Trails

By late June 1863, the Confederate Army had invaded Pennsylvania. After capturing York, the Rebels planned to take the state capital, Harrisburg, and possibly Philadelphia. To get there, they would need to cross the Susquehanna ...

The Golden Gate Bridge: Vision, Genius and Expert Care

"The Golden Gate!" Army explorer John Charles Fremont named the entrance to San Francisco Bay in 1846. His Majesty Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton decreed in 1869 that a bridge be built “…across the Golden Gate to Sausalito Ridge.” Work finally ...

The Bridge of Nations

A bridge to a new world

founded by the imagination of a dreamer

Forged with courage ~ Traversed by Greatness an everlasting connection between our nations Italy and America ~ Brethren forever together may we sail

- Joseph C. DeFilippi

Marker is on ...

The Errant Pontoon Bridge: Paces Ferry

July 5, 1864. During Johnston’s retreat from Smyrna, a portion of his wagon-train detoured from the Atlanta-Marietta rd. via Vining’s Station to a pontoon bridge at Pace’s Ferry.

Wheeler’s Cav. escorted the trains; when all were across, the bridge was cut ...

The James Rumsey Bridge

Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River here on December 3 and 11, 1787.

Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939.

Marker is on North Duke Street / Shepherdstown ...

Building the Funkstown Bridge

“The turnpike bridge at Funkstown is the only one...which seems to belong to a town” —Helen Ashe Hays, The Antietam and its Bridges

This bridge, finished in 1823, is perhaps the oldest one over Antietam Creek. Irish immigrant laborers made up ...

The Novotny Footbridge

Novotného Lavka

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Novotného Lavka • Nazvaná mlyná?e Karla Novotného R. 1878. Lemuje ji soubor býv. Starom?stských mlýnu z let 1432-1436 s vodárenskou v?ží R. 1489, barokn? pr?stav?ný a po a bombardování R. 1848 rožší?ený. Po požáru .R. 1878 ...

Battle for the Bridge

The Foundry Fight

On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched ...