Taftsville Bridge, Spanning Ottaquechee River, Taftsville Bridge Road, Taftsville, Windsor County, VT
Summary
Significance: Taftsville Bridge is a rare survivor of the early craftsman tradition of wooden truss bridge building. It shows no influence from any of the patented bridge truss designs, but the builders may have been aware of the Swiss tradition from published literature of the time.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N986
Survey number: HAER VT-30
Building/structure dates: 1836 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1869 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1952-1953 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000214
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Emmons, Solomon, III
Taft, Stephen
Woodstock Electric Company
Miller Construction
Central Vermont Public Service
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Location
Taftsville, 43.63063, -72.46898
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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