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This chain bridge proved less durable than the wooden arch on the Salisbury end.

It fell, February 6, 1827, carrying with it a horse and wagon, two men and four oxen.

The horse and men were saved, but the oxen drowned.

In spite of this catastrophe, the bridge was rebuilt on the same plan and opened again on July 17, 1827.

This second chain bridge was 570 feet long, had two thirty-foot towers and a draw, and a double roadway.