First Church in Cambridge Patent

Site of first church in Cambridge Patent

Building started 1775 interrupted by Revolution

Completed 1783

Marker is on South Union Street just from County Route 71, on the right when traveling south.

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First Bridge over Pawcatuck River

Near this spot was the ford or Indian trail used until the building of the first bridge over Pawcatuck River about 1712.

Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east.

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First Bridgeport Courthouse

Located near this site was the first courthouse in the town of Bridgeport. Previously, the county courthouse was in Aurora (the county seat established in 1861) However, a state boundary survey completed in 1863 determined that town was actually in ...

First Bridge

Here bore stone tablet

now buried in roadway

reading “The Union -

It must be preserved.

Gen’l Jackson. A. D. 1834”.

Marker is on Ferry Street (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling west.

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Huntington's Ford and First Bridge

Pioneers forded Little River From Charles Street diagonally across just below the Island to the Court House. A dugout canoe, when hailed, carried pedestrians across for 50 cents. Reportedly Indians had used this ford when traveling to The Forks. The ...

First Iron Bridge

The first iron truss bridge in the U.S. was built in 1845 in the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad blacksmith shop, just south of here. It was designed for the railroad in 1844 by Richard B. Osborne.

Marker is at the intersection ...

First Ferry and Bridge

Site of

First ferry on the Trinity River at Dallas was started here, 1842, by John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877), the founder of Dallas. Alexander Cockrell (1820 - 1858), early builder and developer, replaced ferry with wooden toll bridge, 1854. ...

First Concrete Bridge Erected in San Mateo Co

1900

J. Debendetti Supervisor

D. Bromfield & C. Tobey Jr. Engineers

R.C. Mattingly & W. Heafey Contractors

Marker is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The First Cast Iron Bridge

The first cast iron bridge built in the United States, was built in 1836-1839 over Dunlap's Creek at this point.

Marker is on Market Street east of Bank Street, on the right when traveling east.

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