New England's Covered Bridges
Author: Benjamin D. Evans
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2012-08-14
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1611683858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete guide to more than 200 covered bridges in the six New England states.
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Covered Bridges of New England
Author: Jeffrey E Blackman
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 2008-08-26
Total Pages: 102
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Covered Bridges in the New England States
Author: Warren H. White
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012-08-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786471768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges
Author: Fred J. Moll
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738592498
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book invites the reader to step back in time and imagine the days when ancestors traveled through wooden spans to reach their daily destinations. Starting in the early 1800s, Pennsylvania's rich forests provided natural material for the construction of more than 1,500 covered bridges across the state. The first covered bridge was built in 1805. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges looks at the earliest covered bridges as well as those that have survived modern progress. Images also show rare railroad covered bridges that have been saved from destruction over the years.
Covered Bridges of New England
Author: Clara Eola Summers Wagemann
Publisher:
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covered Bridges of New England
Author: Mrs. Clara Eola (Summers) Wagemann
Publisher:
Published: 1931
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Few New England Covered Bridges
Author: Jacqueline Lee Dagenais
Publisher:
Published: 2014-06-23
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781320050760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book includes the three Historic Covered Bridges in Connecticut, along with the oldest covered bridge in Maine, and a few other covered bridges we found in our travels. Photos of all, my comments on how and why these pictures came about and a few Facts about each. This book came about because my brother John who had moved to California from Connecticut over 50 years ago and was unable to view my photos on line. And then the Forestville, Ct postman, Tom, told me about the Comstock Bridge, which I did not know about and that made my book complete. My son-in-law also picked up on my enthusiasm for pictures of covered bridges and he also made a couple of contributions to this book. It has been a fun project in my 82nd year. Enjoy !
America's Covered Bridges
Author: Terry E. Miller
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2014-03-25
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1462914209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain. In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required to construct them and above all the dedication and skill of their builders. Each wooden bridge, whether still standing or long gone, has a story to tell about the nature of America at the time—not only about its transportational needs, but the availability of materials and the technological prowess of the people who built it. Illustrated with some 550 historical and contemporary photos, paintings, and technical drawings of nearly 400 different covered bridges, America's Covered Bridges offers five readable chapters on the history, design and fate of America's covered bridges, plus related bridges in Canada. Most of the contemporary photography is by master photographer A. Chester Ong of Hong Kong. 55 photo essays on the most iconic bridges including: Cornish-Windsor Bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire Porter-Parsonsfield Bridge, Maine East Paden and West Paden (Twin Bridges), Pennsylvania Philippi Bridge, West Virginia Hortons Mill Bridge, Alabama Medora Bridge, Indiana Rock Mill Bridge, Ohio Knight's Ferry Bridge, California Perrault Bridge, Quebec, Canada Hartland Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada Over time, wooden bridges eventually gave way to ones made of iron, steel and concrete. An American icon, many covered bridges became obsolete and were replaced—others simply decayed and collapsed. Many more were swept away by natural disasters and fires. America's Covered Bridges is absolutely packed with fascinating stories and information passionately told by two leading experts on this subject. The book will be of tremendous interest to anyone interested in American history, carpentry and technological change.
Covered Bridges of Vermont
Author: Ed Barna
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780881503739
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This guide looks at 106 of Vermont's covered bridges. Arranged by driving tours, it provides directions to each bridge, and shares each bridge's history and folklore, as well as providing information about nearby sites and museums.
New England Covered Bridges
Author: Harold Stiver
Publisher:
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781927835142
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Descriptions to all of New England's 180 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as color photos of each one. **GPS Positions **Written Driving Directions** **Instructions for 10 Self-Guided Tours spread throughout the Region **Basic Info for each Site **Photo Tips for each Site **Truss types described and illustrated **Short History of Covered bridges **If you live in or travel in the New England area, you will treasure having this guide available. **Note: There is a Print and eBook Editions.
