Clay County GaArchives Photo Place.....CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER_COVERED BRIDGE 1900
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 Fort Gaines, ca. 1900. Covered bridge over the Chattahoochee River, which 
replaced the first bridge that washed away ca. 1850.  
Original Caption In the 1860s Bonner and Walden received the contract to build 
a new bridge. In Aug. 1868 while the bridge was still under construction, part 
of it was destroyed by floods. Bonner and Walden abandoned the project and 
were replaced by Horace King, an African-American who was quite well-known as 
a bridge builder. After a March 1875 flood damaged part of the bridge, it was 
repaired by a builder named MacKenzie. After floods of March 1888 the bridge 
was again rebuilt. The builder may have been the son of Horace King. The 
wooden piers were replaced by brick ones and the bridge was a covered one. It 
was covered by a shingle roof. Small windows were cut in the sides at 
intervals to let in light. This bridge was destroyed by floods in 1926 shortly 
after its replacement, a modern steel bridge, had been opened to the public.  


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