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ordered by the Board of Supervisors of Orange County in its three-span configuration, the bid went to the Columbia Bridge Company of Dayton, Ohio, one of the better companies in the field. It is likely the bridge was fabricated and then assembled in Dayton to make sure everything fit together, and then was disassembled and shipped in pieces by train to Orange, VA.
Rappahannock
County in 1882
What was Rappahannock
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