The wooden Centennial Bridge located upstream from the railroad bridge south of Gold Hill lasted for 35 years. Constructed in 1876 by Thomas Chavner, the founder of Gold Hill, the Centennial continued to be a toll bridge when the county bought it in 1888 from Chavner.A savage flood crashed into the bridge in 1911, tearing off the roof and superstructure used by horses and cars. Newspapers at the time said the “last straw that broke the camel’s back” was the [...]
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