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A complete guide to more than 200 covered bridges in the six New England states.
Author : Benjamin D. Evans
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1611683858
A complete guide to more than 200 covered bridges in the six New England states.
Author : Jeffrey E Blackman
Publisher : Countryman Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2008-08-26
Category : Photography
ISBN :
During the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries, the erection of nearly one thousand covered bridges was recorded in New England's archives. However, the ravages of time, storms, floods, neglect, and vandals have reduced the remaining historic, authentic covered bridges to fewer than two hundred. While the majority of these bridges are in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, wonderful examples of covered bridges can be found in all six of the New England states.
Author : Warren H. White
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786471768
Covered bridges are gaining attention as states and counties are making large investments in the repair and preservation of existing covered bridges, offering tours and building new ones. This work documents all extant covered bridges--vehicle, railroad and pedestrian--in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The book is arranged by state, then by county and bridge name, using the most commonly known or locally used name. All other known names will be included for each bridge, cross-referenced in the index. Each state is prefaced with a brief synopsis of its bridges, past and present, including bridge types, truss types and geographic location. To be included, a bridge must have been originally built as, or intended to be, a true covered bridge, meaning that it is used as a means of traveling over an obstacle, usually water, not attached to buildings solely for access to the building or between buildings, and has a covered portion at least ten feet in length. Richly illustrated.
Author : John S. Burk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738573236
From hidden valleys in the Berkshire Hills to the North Shore, 275 documented highway and railroad covered bridges have been constructed in Massachusetts from the early 19th century onward, a figure that often comes as a surprise to those who traditionally associate these unique structures with northern New England. All but a small handful of these are long gone, lost to modern replacements, fires, wear, and the region's notorious weather, especially the devastating storms of the late 1930s. The bridges came in all shapes and sizes, from diminutive 50-foot spans to multitiered structures of nearly 900 feet that crossed the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers and were stout enough to support railroads across their roofs.
Author : Joseph Conwill
Publisher : America Through Time
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625450784
New England Covered Bridges Through Time shows the changes to these beloved symbols of Americana since they became major tourist attractions early in the twentieth century. Many covered bridges have been replaced with modern structures, and most of those which remain have also changed as the landscape around them has become more suburban. A few remnants remain the same, and still evoke old New England. This book shows how there historical bridges have fared in the modern world.
Author : Clara Eola Summers Wagemann
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 1931
Category : Bridges
ISBN :
Author : Mrs. Clara Eola (Summers) Wagemann
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 MB
Release : 1931
Category : Covered bridges
ISBN :
Author : Brian J. McKee
Publisher : American Society of Civil Engineers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Among the featured bridges are two of the longest covered bridges left in the United States, the Medora and Williams bridges; Kentucky's Bennett Mill Bridge, the only surviving Wheeler truss bridge; and the Stark Bridge in New Hampshire, which provides one of the most picturesque scenes in America.
Author : Milton S. Graton
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Covered bridges
ISBN :
"An account of the moving, repair, restoration, and building of authentic covered bridges in New England and New York by those who did the actual work." --introduction, page xv
Author : Richard Sanders Allen
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486436624
A richly detailed account of bridge builders, the tools they used, and their finished masterpieces, this profusely illustrated work describes foot bridges, latticework and double-decked structures, drawbridges, and more. Filled with information on bridge locations, lengths of spans, and other data, this priceless tribute to a bygone era. 150 black-and-white illustrations.