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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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down to give place to the bridge which has ju^tbeen removed. The latter was completed and opened to thepublic in 18(>7. It was very low, being only l:\.2 feet in theclear above high water, with an opening on each side of thecentre pier of 82 feet. In 1813 authority was granted to Robert Macomb tobuild a bridge with a draw where the Seventh Avenue Bridgenow stands. He built it, however, without a draw anddammed the river at that point. About the same time, itwas also dammed at Kings Bridge and remained a tidal millpond until 1886, when a number of Westchester farmers toredown the Macombs dam and re-opened navigation. Later, awooden bridge was constructed at the same place with aswing draw, known as Macombs Dam Bridge, which was inconstant use up to 1891, when it was moved a short distanceup the river (See Scientific American of July 14, 1894) tomake room for the new steel bridge, and was used while thelatter was under construction. The Fourth Avenue Railroad Bridge was authorized in
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