This Day in History: 1900-01-02
In a letter to the Ramsey Journal, Mr. Edwin Thatcher an engineer and architect propertied on his inspection of the Darlington bridge over the Ramapo on the road to Hillburn which was the site of an accident on December 27th. He stated that the bridge was sound in every respect. The builder who was present when the accident took place stated that no railing could have withstood the full weight of a horse and that the horse would have been killed if the railing had not given way. Mr. Thatcher believed that the bridge should last “for the next five hundred years.” (Thatcher seems to have been the designer of the bridge since his name is on the iron plague attached.)
(Bristow)