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Concrete Bridge (Luten Patents), 7 Spans 75 to 100 Ft. each. Across Wabash River Peru, Indiana. From Catalog of National Bridge Company, Indianapolis.The Beautiful Lincoln Memorial Bridge Over the Historic Wabash River, Vincennes, Ind.This bridge is on the site of the ferry Lincoln used in crossing the Wabash in 1830.Erected by the two states, connecting Indiana and Illinois, and aided by the federal government, this beautiful structure is appropriately named %u201cThe Lincoln Memorial Bridge.%u201d Here he crossed the Wabash from his Indiana home into Illinois. Lincoln, with his parents Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and his sister Sarah, came to Indiana in the fall of 1816, when he was seven years of age. He spent 14 years of his life and grew to young manhood in the Hoosier state. This young man, in his early years, was destined to become one of the most unique characters in American history.
