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Renovation Continues on East Fairfield Covered Bridge (cont.)
VT-06-03
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| This is the top of the easterly queen post of the upstream truss. It is the tenon for one of the two main tie-beams. Note the nailer used to support the end of the rafter beam. |
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| This is the base of the west end-post of the downstream truss. Note that the-end post and bottom chord are no longer connected. Apparently the end of the chord had rotted and was cut off. The end-post was then mounted on a newly poured abutment cap, definitely a practice unacceptable today. Note also that the chord end is resting on stone instead of the required wood bed timber. |
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Joe Nelson, P.O Box 267, Jericho, VT 05465-0267
This file posted 09/07/2008
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