Gauley Bridge, WV

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1. Gauley Bridge, West Virginia - Wikipedia
2. Gauley Bridge, WV: Detailed Profile
3. The Civil War in West Virginia
4. Historic Maps: Gauley Bridge
     

(2007)  Gauley Bridge     Enlarge
 
Here New and Gauley rivers unite to form Great Kanawha River. Piers still stand of old bridge destroyed by the Confederate troops in 1861. Here Thomas Dunn English, author of the ballad, "Ben Bolt" wrote "Gauley River"

(2007) Gauley Bridge piers     Enlarge

   

   
 

(2007) Close-up of the Gauley Bridge marker

  

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