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Turkey Hill, Hillsborough County

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Inventory Number: NH/29-06-05x
State of New Hampshire Number: 55
County: Hillsborough County
Township: Merrimack
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Turkey Hill
Crosses: Souhegan River
Truss type: Town & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 133'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1859
Builder: Ford Pollard
When Lost: 27 Apr 1968
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N42 51.56
Longitude: W071 31.35
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Directions: 2.3 miles northwest of Thornton's Ferry.

Turkey Hill Bridge over the Souhegan River in Merrimack, NH.
Built in 1859, lost to arson on April 27, 1968.
Richard E. Roy Collection

Turkey Hill Bridge over the Souhegan River in Merrimack, NH.
Built in 1859, lost to arson on April 27, 1968.
Richard Sanders Allen Photo, June 19, 1941, NSPCB Archives

Turkey Hill Bridge over the Souhegan River in Merrimack, NH.
Built in 1859, lost to arson on April 27, 1968.
Henry A. Gibson Photo, October 12, 1947, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Although the generally accepted construction date for the Turkey Hill Bridge is 1859, its reported builder, J. Ford Pollard, died 11 years earlier in 1848. An article in the April 1961, Covered Bridge Topics (page 3) listed the construction date as 1837 which is the same year he reportedly built the Fletcher Bridge (NH/29-06-42x) in Amherst, NH. Extensive repair work was done in the 1930s.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXIX, No. 3, October 1971, page 10
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIX, No. 2, Spring 1981, page 14
Knoblock, Glenn A.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges, 2002, page 107

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