In 1852 , together with several other prominent citizens , George Willison Adams formed a stock company to build the third suspension bridge in the United States across the Muskingum river near Dresden . When the other members of the company became fearful that the plan was not feasible and that they would lose their money , Adams built the bridge at his own expense , his nephew , George Copeland , was the bridge 's engineer . It was 1000 feet in length , cost $ 30,000.00 and was made from materials manufactured in Dresden . The bridge was run as a toll bridge for several years before Adams eventually sold the bridge to the county commissioners for one-third of the original building cost of the bridge . The bridge was eventually destroyed in the Great Flood of 1913
Great Flood of 1913
Great Flood of 1913
Dresden, Ohio