The Old Railroad Bridge dates back over 140 years as an important crossing of the Tennessee River between Florence and Sheffield in The Shoals area of Alabama. Back in 1840, the first bridge at this location opened. It significantly damaged by tornadoes and storms all through the 1850's and eventually that bridge was destroyed during the Civil War. In 1870, the Memphis & Charlston Railroad decide to build another bridge at this spot. Over the next 120 years, there is quite a lengthy history…