A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



WESTERN TABLET. 



THIS BRIDGE 



was erected 



at an expence of 



near 300.000 Dollars, 



by a Company 



Incorporated the 2rth of April, 



in Virtue of a Law, 



passed the 16th of March 



1798. 



The Coffer Dams, 



Foundations, 



and other subaqueous works, 



consumed a great proportion 



of the Expenditures. 



It was commenced, 



by laying the first stone of the 



EASTERN PIER, 



after many difficulties had 



attended tiie Dam, 



on September the 5th, 



1801. 



And completed for passage, January 1st, 



1805. 



The Cover Avas begun and finished, 



In the same year. 



