Massachusetts Covered Bridges (Images of America)

# Read * Massachusetts Covered Bridges (Images of America) by John S. Burk ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Massachusetts Covered Bridges (Images of America) 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 1930

Massachusetts Covered Bridges (Images of America)

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Rating : 4.77 (924 Votes)
Asin : 073857323X
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 128 Pages
Publish Date : 2015-04-29
Language : English

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According to Burk, four of those covered bridges are in Franklin County: Colrain, Conway, Charlemont and Greenfield. Burk, who has written or edited books related to wildlife, hiking and photography, spent a year compiling and digitizing images for the book. Title: Covered bridges conveyed beautyAuthor: Cori UrbanPublisher: The RepublicanDate: 11/17/2010Many of Western Massachusetts' covered bridges were destroyed by floods or fire; one in Greenfield survived the floods of 1895 and 1927 but collapsed into the Green River when a town truck crossed it in 1932. Bridges in the Montague City section of Montague, in Northfield and in Newburyport were used as combination bridges on which train tracks ran across the top. Therefore, the covered bri

For Massachusetts Covered Bridges, he traveled to repositories throughout the state, including historical societies, libraries, town halls, and the state transportation offices in Boston. . John S. Burk has authored guidebooks and articles related to the New England outdoors and worked for 10 years as historical researcher and archivist at Harvard Forest. With the invaluable assistance of num

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.

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