Covered Bridges of the Northeast
Title | Covered Bridges of the Northeast PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sanders Allen |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | 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.
Covered Bridges of the Middle West
Title | Covered Bridges of the Middle West PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sanders Allen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
New York State's Covered Bridges
Title | New York State's Covered Bridges PDF eBook |
Author | Richard R. Wilson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738535920 |
New York State's Covered Bridges explores the old timbered spans that crossed New York waters. The state at one time had more than two hundred fifty such bridges; today, it has only twenty four original covered bridges remaining, plus some replicas. Vintage postcards, many of which are extremely rare, bring back into view the old ones, beginning with the first built in 1807, and ending with those of the mid-1900s.
Covered Bridges of Vermont
Title | Covered Bridges of Vermont PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Barna |
Publisher | W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Pages | 215 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780881503739 |
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 York State's Covered Bridges
Title | New York State's Covered Bridges PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Kane |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014-10-27 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1439648050 |
At one time, New York State had over 300 covered bridges, but over the years, floods, fires, and modernization have claimed all but 32 of them. Both the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge and the Old Blenheim Bridge are proud record holders. Located in Glimmerglass State Park, the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge is the oldest existing covered bridge in the United States. The Old Blenheim Bridge was the longest single-span covered bridge in the world until it was washed away by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 when the Schoharie Creek flooded. Today, Oxford, New York, is home to the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center, which was specifically designed for covered bridge researchersthe first-ever center of its kind.
Covered Bridges of New England
Title | Covered Bridges of New England PDF eBook |
Author | Clara Eola Summers Wagemann |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1931 |
Genre | Bridges |
ISBN |
America's Covered Bridges
Title | America's Covered Bridges PDF eBook |
Author | Terry E. Miller |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 2014-03-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1462914209 |
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.