Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — Latest Stone Bridge in the World [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Latest Stone Bridge in the World

i At Rockville, a few miles from the .capital of Pennsylvania, can be seen* >a stone bridge that is five times longer than any other stone bridge in the world. It has just been erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, to replace an iron bridge of two tracks. This bridge contains four tracks, andpermits two passenger and two freight trains to pass each other at the same time on the bridge. 1 This cannot be done on any other bridge in the world. One end of this

bridge rests in Dauphin county and the other end in Perry county. The Susquehanna river flows under it all of the time, and in stormy weather the ipuddy waters of the Juniata often find their way there, also. There are in all forty-eight piers and forty-eight arches. The bridge is fifty feet wide, and is made of a light-colored stone brought from Cambria county. Fifteen quarries were kept busy all of the time getting the stone cut and shipping it;

there are 1,000,000 cubic yards of stone in the bridge, and it cost $1,000,000. Three hundred men worked on it constantly from April 1, 1900, until the present time,, when it is practically completed, with the exception of the laying of the tracks, which will not be done until next spring. It is stated upon good authority that there are now 2,000 active Mormon proselyters scattered widely over the world.