Market Street Bridge

A portion of Market Street Bridge – perhaps one-third of it – was swept away night before last. The Bridge had stood up so well, that it began to be generally supposed that it would live through the flood. That part of it is a wreck. In brief time, the unremitting labor of months has been destroyed. The proprietor, Mr. WARNER, worked with an industry never excelled, to complete this structure, and fit it for the accommodation of the public. It is now in ruins.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 17, 1862