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Title	Indiana Centennial Card No. 14
Description	Series 1. No. 14. National Road Bridge Over White River, Indianapolis M.R. Hyman, Publisher, Indianapolis The old covered bridge which was for many years looked upon as one of the “antiquities” of Indianapolis spanned White river and gave passage to the great National Road, which ran from Cumberland, Md., into western Illinois. This thoroughfare reached Indiana in 1827, and the White river bridge was built out of a congressional appropriation made in 1831. Its cost was $18,000 and its builders are given as William Wernweg and Walter Blake. It was known as a “Wernweg” bridge from the fact that its arches of wood were constructed from a design invented by Wernweg. It was a staunch old structure and the timbers in it were as sound when torn down as when put in place. As another bridge to take the Washington street traffic was built before the old bridge was removed, an effort was made by some to preserve the old relic, which had been in service for more than sixty years, but the powers that were proved impervious to any sentiment of this sort. The National Road, which was the great highway from the East to West before the railroads came into general use, was originally to have passed farther to the south, but through the influence of Senator Oliver H. Smith the route was shifted so as to take in Indianapolis. Adapted from Cottman-Hyman Centennial History of Indiana. Copyrighted 1916. Indiana Centennial Historic Mailing Card 1816-1916
Subject	Indiana--History Indiana--Centennial Celebrations, etc.
Publisher	M. R. Hyman
Original Date	1916
Time Period	1910s (1910-1919)
Digital Date	2016-01-04
Digital Reproduction Specifications	Full View: 600 dpi jpg; Archived: 600 dpi tiff; Scanner: Epson Expression 10000XL
Genre	Postcards
Language	en
Size	10.8 x 15.9 cm
Identifier	PC-C-014
Repository Collection	Local & Family History Services Archival Collection
Physical Repository	St. Joseph County Public Library
Usage Statement	Materials in Michiana Memory are in the public domain. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information, contact local.history@sjcpl.org.
Provenance	St. Joseph County Public Library (South Bend, IN)
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