BRIDGES AT THE FOOT OF THE RAPIDS
Click on image above for an enlarged view of the book's cover About the author	Features... Large 8½” x 11” format 247 pages on acid-free heavy hi-gloss paper Perfect binding Color photographs Fully indexed ISBN 1-59196-333-8	Learn about... The 1838 Toll Bridge Act The Toll Bridge Company Owners of the toll bridge Bridge tokens Bridge types and designs Destruction of the bridges River ford locations Horse ferries Interurban and rail bridges The huge 1849 wooden bridge Sale of the toll bridge in 1877 The 1881 bridge “fire” Bridge location controversies

Bridges AT THE FOOT OF THE RAPIDS is the first fully-researched, fully-documented, illustrated history of the fords, ferries and bridges spanning the Maumee River between Maumee and Perrysburg, Ohio. 

Content includes: 

• History of Foot of the Rapids crossings, structures and events from pre-historic Native American Indian times to the dedication and opening of the 2002 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge.

• Historical photographs and sketches of the vehicular, rail and interurban railway bridges; historical photographs of the ice gorges and floods of the Maumee River; many first-time published photos from local historical collections.

• Historical sketches and biographies of the 1839, 1843 and 1849 toll bridge Owners.

• Descriptions and sketches of the various bridges' design, construction and demolition including the first published description of the 1849 bridge.

• Extracted plans, sections and details from construction drawings of the 1929 and 2002 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridges.

• More than 500 full-color photographs of the 2002 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge construction and 1929 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge demolition.

• Historical newspaper articles from 1839 to 2002.

Sample pages: 

• Table of Contents

• Toll Bridge Company Investors and Bridge Tokens

• The 1849 Bridge

• The 1929 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge

• The 2002 Fort Meigs Memorial Bridge

• News Articles

Book Pricing: 

• $35.00 at local fairs and events or picked up at Gary's home in Perrysburg, Ohio.

• $38.00 mail order (includes bookfold shipping box and USPS "media rate" postage). 

Please remit your order to:

Gary L. Franks, PE

29479 Belmont Lake Road

Perrysburg, OH 43551

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