FOR THE WEEK ENDING
MAY 4, 1862.
DATE
|
Stage
of Water.
Above
l. w. mark.
|
Mercury
Above.
|
||
6
A.M.
|
12
M.
|
6
P.M.
|
||
April 27
|
12
feet – inches
|
52
|
55
|
55
|
April 28
|
12
feet 8 inches
|
41
|
49
|
56
|
April 29
|
13
feet 8 inches
|
39
|
68
|
62
|
April 30
|
13
feet 9 inches
|
48
|
62
|
64
|
May 1
|
14
feet 3 inches
|
43
|
54
|
55
|
May 2
|
14
feet 9 inches
|
45
|
63
|
57
|
May 3
|
15
feet – inches
|
48
|
68
|
61
|
The number of footmen that crossed the bridge during the
week was 1,278.
Number of boats up, 12; down, 10; rafts 3.
On the 16th day of June, A. D. 1859, the river rose to 15
feet 4 inches above low water mark, being two inches higher than at the present
time. – Water at a stand.
J. H. THORINGTON,
Bridge Master.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, May 6, 1862, p. 1
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