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Monument to Labor: St. Charles Iron Column Grave
On November 11, 1870, eighteen Wabash bridge workers died as a massive iron column collapsed during construction of a Missouri River bridge north of St. Charles. The fallen men were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, and a monument of the broken iron column marks their mass grave as a tribute to their skill and courage.
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St. Charles
Missouri River
Oak Grove Cemetery
West Clay
Tabor
United States
C. Shaler Smith
St. Charles Bridge Company
Wabashi