New England Covered Bridges Through Time

Author : Joseph Conwill
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781625450784
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New England Covered Bridges Through Time written by Joseph Conwill and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Benjamin D. Evans
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1611683858
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New England's Covered Bridges written by Benjamin D. Evans and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to more than 200 covered bridges in the six New England states.

Author : Jeffrey E Blackman
Publisher : Countryman Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covered Bridges of New England written by Jeffrey E Blackman and published by Countryman Press. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Fred J. Moll
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738592498
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges written by Fred J. Moll and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Jacqueline Lee Dagenais
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320050760
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Few New England Covered Bridges written by Jacqueline Lee Dagenais and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 !

Author : Terry E. Miller
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914209
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Covered Bridges written by Terry E. Miller and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Warren H. White
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786471768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covered Bridges in the New England States written by Warren H. White and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Irene E. DuPont
Publisher : Jetty House
ISBN 13 : 9781937721510
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spanning Time written by Irene E. DuPont and published by Jetty House. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the first complete photographic collection of New Hampshire covered bridges (1983¿2017). Each photograph is produced using an early photographic technique,¿silver print¿, and is hand-colored in Marshall Oils, giving them the look of bygone days.The book is inspired by the era going back to the 1800s when the White Mountains began to occupy a special place in the history of America. Men discovered the picturesque highlands of the mountains, which formed a relatively compact geographic area and chain with the Appalachian Mountains¿the glacier-worn peaks dominated by the Old Man of the Mountain, Indian Head, and Mount Washington.The bridges are listed by number (assigned by the state), the name of town in which the bridge is located, and the name by which the bridge is generally known. All include a location, as these seem to be a favorite to find.

Author : John S. Burk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439638748
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Massachusetts Covered Bridges written by John S. Burk and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Clara Eola Summers Wagemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Covered Bridges of New England written by Clara Eola Summers Wagemann and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: