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Julie Bowers is a fifth generation resident of Poweshiek County and, along with her ancestors, she has known and loved the McDowell Bridge her whole life. Shown here on the bridge on June 22, she had been leading an effort to strengthen and restore the 127-year old bowstring truss bridge later this fall. The bridge was swept away by flood waters in August.

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Julie Bowers is a fifth generation resident of Poweshiek County and, along with her ancestors, she has known and loved the McDowell Bridge her whole life. Shown here on the bridge on June 22, she had been leading an effort to strengthen and restore the 127-year old bowstring truss bridge later this fall. The bridge was swept away by flood waters in August.