1st RR Bridge Ever Built Across the Mississippi

Tomorrow night's episode of "Rock Island Arsenal:  Inside the Gates" features the 1st RR bridge to ever cross the Mississippi...but was there a conspiracy to destroy it?  You decide Thursday night on CBS4's Ten at Ten News.
By the way, longtime Quad Citians may recognize the name "Effie Afton" as the name of a riverboat restaurant which used to be docked at the site where Rock Island's current Schwiebert Park is located...a lot of folks may know it as the 'Jumer's Food Boat'...that boat according to the Effie Afton Restaurant webpage was originally called the "Mateur" but was later re-named the Effie Afton.  It's not the orginal Effie Afton.
The orginal Effie Afton was destroyed by fire and sank to the bottom of the Mississippi...the original Effie Afton's bell sits in the Rock Island Arsenal's Museum.
Find out why the Effie Afton, and the 1st RR Bridge built across the Mississippi share a page in history Thursday night on CBS4's Ten at Ten News, in this week's edition of "Rock Island Arsenal: Inside the Gates".