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Journaling:
The Brown's Ford Bridge known as The Swinging Bridge was located about 6 miles east of Lowry City, on Highway C in St. Clair County, Missouri. It crossed the Osage River. It is about 1 mile from the house I lived in when I was in high school. The original swinging bridge (suspension bridge) was built in the early 1900's. There was one mishap when the bridge was being repaired in 1940. Below is an article describing the accident:
The June 22, 1940 edition of The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune (Chillicothe, Missouri) has an article titled "Three Killed in Bridge Collapse, Workmen were repairing the structure near Lowry City, Mo." describing a fatal collapse of the bridge: "Three men were killed, three injured critically and an 8-year old boy believed drowned when cribbing on a wooden suspension bridge across the Osage River six miles east of Lowry City collapsed about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The bridge, on a farm-to-market road in St. Clair County, was being remodeled. Of the ten men working and bystanders on and near the structure when it fell, only one escaped without injury. All those killed or injured lived in St. Clair County. On the west side of the bridge a framework of heavy timbers had been inserted between one of the suspension cables and an old wooden pier, which originally had supported the cable. The workmen were attempting to slide a steel pier under the cable, to replace the wooden pier. The cribbing suddenly gave way, and the pressure from the cable hurled the wood supports in all directions."
The old bridge was replaced by a new, sleek, modern bridge in 1976 before they opened the flood gates to the new Truman Dam and the Osage River flooded the surrounding area creating a huge recreational lake area
Journaling under inside photo:
This photo is not the Brown's Ford Bridge, but another swinging bridge, which was closed due to deterioration. The Brown's Ford Bridge did not have the missing boards, but this is how it looked as you were driving across it.
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