An account of the iron railway bridge across the Mississippi River at Quiney, Illinois.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781425503291
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: THE Quincy Bridge Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, in 1853, and also under the general Act regulating the construction of roads and bridges in the State of Missouri, which was passed in 1866; and on the 25th of July, 1866, a general Act of Congress became law, authorizing and regulating the construction of bridges at various points on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, one of which was Quincy.