Island Access
Bridges spanning the canal, like the one to your left, provided access from the island to the mainland for residents and factory workers. During floods, they were paths to safety. To delay departure could spell disaster, as in 1870, when swiftly rising water swept away all avenues to higher ground.
Marker is on Shenandoah Street (Business U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
