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NATURAL BRIDGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIDGE , a small See also:village of Rockbridge See also:county, See also:Virginia, in the western See also:part of the See also:state, 179 M. by See also:rail W. of See also:Richmond, and about 16 m. S.E. of See also:Lexington, the county-seat. It is served by the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio and the See also:Norfolk & Western See also:railways. In the vicinity of the village, which is about 1500 ft. above See also:sea-level, is the See also:great natural curiosity from which it derives its name—a bridge of natural See also:rock 90 ft. See also:long and from 50 to 150 ft. wide, which spans See also:Cedar See also:Creek at a height of 215 ft. above that stream. It consists of See also:horizontal See also:limestone strata, and is the remains of the roof of a See also:cave or underground See also:tunnel through which the creek once flowed. It is crossed by a public road. In the village are See also:magnesia and lithia springs and a See also:saltpetre cave, which was worked during the See also:War of 1812 and the See also:Civil War. A royal See also:grant dated the 5th of See also:July 1774 conveyed to See also:Thomas See also:Jefferson a See also:tract of 157 acres, " including the Natural Bridge on Cedar Creek," and it did not pass from his See also:estate until 1833.

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