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Here the New and Gauley rivers unite to form the Great Kanawha River. Piers of the old bridge destroyed by Confederate troops in 1861 still stand here. Thomas Dunn English, author of the ballad "Ben Bolt," wrote "Gauley River" here.
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Gauley Bridge, West Virginia · United States
