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Johnston, who then transferred it to William Espy on April 2, 1806. Espy's sons, Hugh and Robert, who subsequently inherited the land in December 1813, sold it to Abraham Layton for two thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars on October 25, 1821. Following Layton's death, his sons, Michael and Abraham Layton, operated keel boats along the river on the property to ship sand and glass products. They then sold the land to Daniel R. Davidson, who transferred it to Joseph Wilgus in 1864. Sometime around the mid to late 1860s, a pure deposit of
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and Route 51, was temporarily closed (through August 2022) for repairs to stabilize both the bridge itself and the tunnel providing access to it. According to
District 12 bridge engineer Jeremy Hughes, "It's one of our few bridges that are over 100 years old and it's one of our few bridges that's a
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