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Rockingham, VT
WGN Number: 45-13-11
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Photo by Joe Nelson © 1997 |
The Bartonsville Bridge opens at the edge of a railroad right-of-way. It can only be imagined what happened when an uninitiated horse came out of the bridge to meet its first steam locomotive.
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| Town: | Rockingham |
| Location: | Lower Bartonsville Road |
| Crossing: | Williams River |
| Date: | 1870 |
| Builder: | Sanford Granger |
| Truss Type: | Plank-lattice |
| Truss Length: | 150 feet 10 inches |
On August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene blew through Vermont, sweeping down the Williams River. The storm driven high water cut behind and collapsed the southwest abutment, dropping the 141 year-old Bartonsville Covered Bridge into the surging waters. The fatal moment was caught by the video camera of Sue Hammond. She shared the images with the world.
Rather than a modern concrete and steel span, the townspeople would have their covered bridge back and they have; a bigger, longer, stronger version of what was lost.
Credits: All pictures, information and descriptions are taken from Spanning Time Vermont's Covered Bridges by Joseph C. Nelson ©1997 and the World Guide to Covered Bridges - 1989
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Joe Nelson, P.O Box 267, Jericho, VT 05465-0267
This file posted 09/22/2014