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	== The Bottom Line ==		= The Bottom Line =
	Branham was in Arizona when the Municipal Bridge was built. He returned to Jeffersonville after his brother died in June 1929, right as the bridge was nearing completion. He grew up in a town with living memory of the Big Four Bridge disaster upstream. He didn't tell this story in Jeffersonville — of all places — until 1960, by which point checking the facts would have taken real effort and real time, from people who trusted him completely.		Branham was in Arizona when the Municipal Bridge was built. He returned to Jeffersonville after his brother died in June 1929, right as the bridge was nearing completion. He grew up in a town with living memory of the Big Four Bridge disaster upstream. He didn't tell this story in Jeffersonville — of all places — until 1960, by which point checking the facts would have taken real effort and real time, from people who trusted him completely.

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	----''For more detailed primary source research on this topic, the [[Searching for Vindication]] website documents the archival work referenced throughout this article.''		----''For more detailed primary source research on this topic, the [[Searching for Vindication]] website documents the archival work referenced throughout this article.''

			=Background information=

			==About the Louisville Municipal Bridge==









	=About the Louisville Municipal Bridge=
	Originally called the '''Louisville Municipal Bridge''', the '''George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge''' is a four-lane cantilever bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, carrying US 31. The bridge was designed by Ralph Modjeski and Frank Masters, consulting engineers. The contract for construction of the substructure was signed June 1, 1928 with the Vang Construction Company of Pittsburgh, the low bidder, and construction began soon thereafter. The contract for the construction of the superstructure was signed July 5, 1928 with the American Bridge Company of New York, the low bidders for this portion of the work. The contract specified a penalty if the this portion of the work was not completed by December 1, 1929.		Originally called the '''Louisville Municipal Bridge''', the '''George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge''' is a four-lane cantilever bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, carrying US 31. The bridge was designed by Ralph Modjeski and Frank Masters, consulting engineers. The contract for construction of the substructure was signed June 1, 1928 with the Vang Construction Company of Pittsburgh, the low bidder, and construction began soon thereafter. The contract for the construction of the superstructure was signed July 5, 1928 with the American Bridge Company of New York, the low bidders for this portion of the work. The contract specified a penalty if the this portion of the work was not completed by December 1, 1929.

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	It was during this time that William Branham was working as a cowhand in Arizona. He returned to Jeffersonville after he received news that his brother Edward had passed away on June 20, 1929. When he returned to Jeffersonville, the new bridge would have been opened or very close to completion. In 1949, the bridge was renamed in honor of George Rogers Clark. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1958, and is still in use today.		It was during this time that William Branham was working as a cowhand in Arizona. He returned to Jeffersonville after he received news that his brother Edward had passed away on June 20, 1929. When he returned to Jeffersonville, the new bridge would have been opened or very close to completion. In 1949, the bridge was renamed in honor of George Rogers Clark. The bridge was rehabilitated in 1958, and is still in use today.



	We would highly recommend those interested in this issue to read the research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]].		We would highly recommend those interested in this issue to read the research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]].

			==Newspaper article - The Big Four Bridge==


	The text of the January 22, 1890 newspaper report is as follows:		The text of the January 22, 1890 newspaper report is as follows:
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	:''The most plausible theory as to the cause of the accident is thus given by one of the survivors, Louis Crouch, and his story receives not a little credence from the Superintendent of the work. Knox, the foreman, had been seen near the key which controls the air supply, and it is believed that he cut off the air more than he really intended to, causing the caisson to sink into the sand.''		:''The most plausible theory as to the cause of the accident is thus given by one of the survivors, Louis Crouch, and his story receives not a little credence from the Superintendent of the work. Knox, the foreman, had been seen near the key which controls the air supply, and it is believed that he cut off the air more than he really intended to, causing the caisson to sink into the sand.''

			==Video Script==
	=Video Script=

	William Branham tells of a vision that he had as a young boy...		William Branham tells of a vision that he had as a young boy...
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	'''If you have any additional facts relating to the subject of this video information, please contact us.'''		'''If you have any additional facts relating to the subject of this video information, please contact us.'''

	=Quotes=		==Quotes of william Branham==

	The following are all of the quotes where William Branham mentions this vision:		The following are all of the quotes where William Branham mentions this vision:
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	:''Exactly seventeen years from that day, the Municipal Bridge at Jeffersonville spanned over to Kentucky, and the seventh... And the sixteen man lost their life on it, just exactly like it said. Ah, so did Mr. Unbeliever has tempted me all along!		:''Exactly seventeen years from that day, the Municipal Bridge at Jeffersonville spanned over to Kentucky, and the seventh... And the sixteen man lost their life on it, just exactly like it said. Ah, so did Mr. Unbeliever has tempted me all along!

	=~~Reference~~=		=References=
	*Allgeier, M.A. (1983). Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons, and Administrative Building, Louisville Landmarks Commission.		*Allgeier, M.A. (1983). Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons, and Administrative Building, Louisville Landmarks Commission.
	*The Encyclopedia of Louisville (1 ed.). 2001.		*The Encyclopedia of Louisville (1 ed.). 2001.
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	That's it. That's the entire death toll.		That's it. That's the entire death toll.

	You might wonder: could records have been lost? Could sixteen deaths have gone unreported? It's a fair question — and researchers at [~~https://searchingforvindication.com/bridge.html ''~~Searching for Vindication''] actually went and checked. They traveled to the National Archives in Atlanta and photographed every page of the daily logs kept by Life Saving Station #10, the Coast Guard station located less than half a mile from the bridge. These logs documented every rescue and recovery operation on that stretch of river from 1881 to 1972. The researchers went through every entry from May 1928 through December 1939 — a full decade past the bridge's completion.		You might wonder: could records have been lost? Could sixteen deaths have gone unreported? It's a fair question — and researchers at [[Searching for Vindication]] actually went and checked. They traveled to the National Archives in Atlanta and photographed every page of the daily logs kept by Life Saving Station #10, the Coast Guard station located less than half a mile from the bridge. These logs documented every rescue and recovery operation on that stretch of river from 1881 to 1972. The researchers went through every entry from May 1928 through December 1939 — a full decade past the bridge's completion.

	Nothing. No mass drowning. No construction catastrophe involving sixteen men. Not even close.		Nothing. No mass drowning. No construction catastrophe involving sixteen men. Not even close.
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	'''"He was young and misremembered"''' — As an adult, he said the vision was fulfilled. He claimed his mother wrote it down at the time. At what point does "he was young" stop being an explanation and start being a cover story?		'''"He was young and misremembered"''' — As an adult, he said the vision was fulfilled. He claimed his mother wrote it down at the time. At what point does "he was young" stop being an explanation and start being a cover story?

	'''"The 1937 flood destroyed the records"''' — The Coast Guard log books survive. Complete archived copies of the Jeffersonville newspapers survive. This excuse is simply false, and the research done by Searching for Vindication documents it thoroughly.		'''"The 1937 flood destroyed the records"''' — The Coast Guard log books survive. Complete archived copies of the Jeffersonville newspapers survive. This excuse is simply false, and the research done by [[Searching for Vindication]] documents it thoroughly.

	'''"It was actually about the Sydney Harbour Bridge"''' — Branham specifically named the Municipal Bridge in the earliest recorded retelling, in 1948. Of the 16 deaths during Sydney's construction, only 2 involved falling from the bridge — Branham said he saw 16 people fall. The Sydney Harbour Bridge also spans an ocean inlet, not a river. And it opened in 1932, which puts Branham's vision around 1910 if you subtract twenty-two years — when he was barely one year old. None of this works.		'''"It was actually about the Sydney Harbour Bridge"''' — Branham specifically named the Municipal Bridge in the earliest recorded retelling, in 1948. Of the 16 deaths during Sydney's construction, only 2 involved falling from the bridge — Branham said he saw 16 people fall. The Sydney Harbour Bridge also spans an ocean inlet, not a river. And it opened in 1932, which puts Branham's vision around 1910 if you subtract twenty-two years — when he was barely one year old. None of this works.
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	If this prophecy was false — whether fabricated or genuinely confused and then misrepresented as fulfilled — the question that follows isn't a comfortable one: what else was?		If this prophecy was false — whether fabricated or genuinely confused and then misrepresented as fulfilled — the question that follows isn't a comfortable one: what else was?
	----''For more detailed primary source research on this topic, the Searching for Vindication website documents the archival work referenced throughout this article.''		----''For more detailed primary source research on this topic, the [[Searching for Vindication]] website documents the archival work referenced throughout this article.''

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	== Problem #4: He Pointed to a Specific Section of the Bridge That "Fell" ==		== Problem #4: He Pointed to a Specific Section of the Bridge That "Fell" ==
	This detail comes from Pearry Green, a prominent Message minister. According to Green, Branham didn't just vaguely refer to the Municipal Bridge — he stood underneath it and physically pointed out the ''exact section'' that he claimed had fallen into the river, killing the sixteen men.		This detail comes from Pearry Green, a prominent Message minister. [https://youtu.be/Qdq98yB_KH0?si=F41TUeqODJFHQaD- According to Green], Branham didn't just vaguely refer to the Municipal Bridge — he stood underneath it and physically pointed out the ''exact section'' that he claimed had fallen into the river, killing the sixteen men.

	No section of the Municipal Bridge has ever fallen into the Ohio River. This isn't a gaps-in-the-record situation — a partial bridge collapse into a major navigable river would have been front-page news across the region. It didn't happen.		No section of the Municipal Bridge has ever fallen into the Ohio River. This isn't a gaps-in-the-record situation — a partial bridge collapse into a major navigable river would have been front-page news across the region. It didn't happen.

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	An article from page 4 of the North Carolinian newspaper on January 22, 1890, is contained on the right-hand side of this page. The article is entitled "Sixteen Men Killed" and tells the story of 16 men who fell to their death in the construction of the Big Four bridge in Louisville, Kentucky in 1890. It incorrectly reports a death toll of 16 people when other newspaper reports listed only 12 men as dying in the accident (4 men died several months later).

	This article has been the subject of deceptive social media posts by a few message followers who state incorrectly that the article is from the late 1920's and specifically relates to the construction of the Municipal Bridge. This was done as proof that the municipal bridge vision was fulfilled. Sadly, this is a lie promoted by some in the message who have no regard for the truth.

	The text of the January 22, 1890 newspaper report is as follows:		The text of the January 22, 1890 newspaper report is as follows:

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