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Stewartstown, Essex County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-05-14x / NH-04-30x
County: Essex County / Coös County
Township: Canaan - Stewartstown
Town/Village: Stewartstown
Bridge Name: Stewartstown
Crosses: Connecticut River
Truss type: Paddleford & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: c150'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1882
Builder:
When Lost: 1931
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N45 00.475
Longitude: W071 30.448
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: At Beecher Falls.

Stewartstown Bridge over the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, NH and Beecher Falls, VT (1882-1931)
Richard E. Roy Collection

Stewartstown Bridge over the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, NH and Beecher Falls, Essex County, VT (1882-1931)
Eastern Illustrating Postcard, Richard E. Roy Collection

Stewartstown Bridge over the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, NH and Beecher Falls, VT (1882-1931)
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
14-panel truss. This was a single-span Paddleford structure with an added arch. Its shingled roof had a wide overhang and telephone poles with cross-arms were mounted on the portals and ridge of the roof. At some pont, the east end of the arch started to bow so it was reinforced with an additional arch piece.

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume V, No. 2, June 1947, pages 4 & 6
Knoblock, Glenn A.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges, 2002, page 65

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