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By Brian Scott, August 9, 2009
Gervais Street Bridge Marker
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1 ► South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — Gervais Street Bridge —  |
| The first bridge at Gervais Street was a covered wooden structure built in 1827 by the Columbia Bridge Company. It remained until 1865 when Confederate soldiers burned it and other bridges to delay the advance of Sherman's troops. Rebuilt in . . . — — Map (db m7365) HM | |||
| 2 ► South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Midtown - Downtown — 40-38 — Congaree River Bridges — |
| This river took its name from the Congaree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until the Yamassee War in 1715. The first wooden bridge here was completed in 1827. It was burned to delay the advance of Sherman's Army in 1865, rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m7366) HM | |||