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Poole's Mill or Ducktown, Forsyth County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-58-01
County: Forsyth County
Township:
Town/Village: Heardville
Bridge Name: Poole's Mill or Ducktown
Crosses: Settendown Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 94'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1906
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N34 17.458
Longitude: W084 14.553
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Directions: 3.8 miles east of jct GA372 on GA369, then 0.6 miles right on Poole's Mill Rd. to Poole's Mill Park on the right. Park and walk 300' northwest to the bridge.

Ducktown or Poole's Mill Bridge, Heardville, Forsyth County, GA. Built 1906
Bill Caswell Photo, July 15, 2009

Ducktown or Poole's Mill Bridge, Heardville, Forsyth County, GA. Built 1906
G. Thomas Toy Photo, May 26, 1996, NSPCB Archives

Ducktown or Poole's Mill Bridge, Heardville, Forsyth County, GA. Built 1906
Traugott Keller Photograph, April 16, 1961, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Ducktown or Poole's Mill Bridge over Settendown Creek was built in 1906. Closed. The bridge was named for Dr. Marcus L. Pool. It was built to replace a bridge lost during flooding in the spring of 1900. "The original construction of this bridge began with a contractor who drilled all the holes in the lattice members in the wrong place. After fitting up the pieces he realized they were wrong and abandoned the project. Work was finished by Bud Gentry but required drilling new holes in the old members. You can still see the misplaced holes today. Even the treads of the bridge are members that could not be used because of the misplaced holes. Treads with holes side-by-side were to have been used in the chords, while those with diagonally offset holes would have been lattice members." (French) The bridge was rehabilitated in 1998 and a pier was added for support and to remove a sag. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1975.

Sources:
French, Thomas L., Jr. & Edwards. Covered Bridges of Georgia, 1984, page 31
Georgia Department of Transportation. Poole's Mill Bridge, 2002, http://www.dot.state.ga.us/specialsubjects/specialinterest/covered/poole.shtml (12 May 2007)
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 8

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