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Photos: Truesdell Bridge Disaster, setting the scene

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An aerial view of the First Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Dixon. Beyond is the current Galena Avenue Bridge, approximately where the Truesdell Bridge was before its collapse on May 4, 1873, and the northern shore from where the Rev. J.H. Pratt entered the water to conduct baptisms in the Rock River.

An aerial view of the First Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Dixon. Beyond is the current Galena Avenue Bridge, approximately where the Truesdell Bridge was before its collapse on May 4, 1873, and the northern shore from where the Rev. J.H. Pratt entered the water to conduct baptisms in the Rock River. (Scott Anderson)