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Dayton Bridge (Old)
Description
John Green and William Stadden were granted a charter to build a toll bridge over the Fox River at Dayton in 1837. Tolls were removed in 1854, and in 1857 the dilapidated crossing was wrecked by ice. Rebuilt by Jesse and David Green (relatives of John Green?), the bridge reopened as a free span in December of 1857. It was again destroyed in 1875, this time by flooding. Because of squabbles over financing, a bridge was not erected to replace it until 1884 or 1887, depending on the source.
Source: Dayton and the Greens
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Fox River on Dayton Road
- Location
- Dayton, LaSalle County, Illinois
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built ca.1837 by John Green and William Stadden; destroyed by ice jam in 1857 and replaced; destroyed by flooding in 1875
- Builders
- - John Green of Dayton, Illinois
- William Stadden of Dayton, Illinois
- Design
- Likely a timber structure
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.38437, -88.79000 (decimal degrees)
41°23'04" N, 88°47'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/350332/4582972 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 98164 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 28, 2022: Added by Paul Plassman