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Kenyon Bridge
The Kenyon Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Description and history

The Kenyon Bridge is located in a wooded rural setting, a short way east of Town House Road about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of its junction with Center Road. It spans Mill Brook in a roughly east-west orientation. It is 96 feet (29 m) long and 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, with a roadbed 90 feet (27 m) long and 13 feet (4.0 m) wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge's multiple kingpost trusses are sheltered by a sheet metal roof, with vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28 panel sections between 29 posts.

The bridge was built in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), a local builder well known for his bridges. Its historic name, Blacksmith Shop Bridge, derives from a shop nearby owned by blacksmith John Fellows. It underwent a major rehabilitation in 1963. It is now closed to vehicular traffic, but open to pedestrians.

Images

  • Structural design of the Kenyon Bridge
  • (image 1 of 14) 2003 Detail: eastern abutment, east-northeast 60° (HAER)
    (image 1 of 14)
    2003
    Detail: eastern abutment, east-northeast 60° (HAER)
  • (image 2 of 14) 2003 Detail: midspan, south panel (HAER)
    (image 2 of 14)
    2003
    Detail: midspan, south panel (HAER)
  • (image 3 of 14) 2003 Framing detail: north panel (HAER)
    (image 3 of 14)
    2003
    Framing detail: north panel (HAER)
  • (image 4 of 14) 2003 Downstream elevation, looking north (HAER)
    (image 4 of 14)
    2003
    Downstream elevation, looking north (HAER)
  • (image 5 of 14) 2003 End post detail: west end (HAER)
    (image 5 of 14)
    2003
    End post detail: west end (HAER)
  • (image 6 of 14) 2003 Interior view from the west (HAER)
    (image 6 of 14)
    2003
    Interior view from the west (HAER)
  • (image 7 of 14) 2003 Interior view, east portal, looking east (HAER)
    (image 7 of 14)
    2003
    Interior view, east portal, looking east (HAER)
  • (image 8 of 14) 2003 Interior view, looking west (HAER)
    (image 8 of 14)
    2003
    Interior view, looking west (HAER)
  • (image 9 of 14) 2003 (HAER)
    (image 9 of 14)
    2003
    (HAER)
  • (image 10 of 14) 2003 Perspective showing roadway from the west, looking east (HAER)
    (image 10 of 14)
    2003
    Perspective showing roadway from the west, looking east (HAER)
  • (image 11 of 14) 2003 Perspective, northwest by 295° (HAER)
    (image 11 of 14)
    2003
    Perspective, northwest by 295° (HAER)
  • (image 12 of 14) 2003 Portal, east elevation (HAER)
    (image 12 of 14)
    2003
    Portal, east elevation (HAER)
  • (image 13 of 14) 2003 Portal, west elevation, bearing due east (HAER)
    (image 13 of 14)
    2003
    Portal, west elevation, bearing due east (HAER)
  • (image 14 of 14) 2003 Upstream elevation, bearing southwest 215° (HAER)
    (image 14 of 14)
    2003
    Upstream elevation, bearing southwest 215° (HAER)

See also

Other covered bridges in Cornish

Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont

Other bridges elsewhere

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Kenyon Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
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