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Inventory Number: VT/45-08-63x
County: Lamoille County
Township: Wolcott
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Wolcott
Crosses: Lamoille River
Truss type:
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: bef 1874
Builder:
When Lost: Unknown
Cause:
Latitude: N44 32.78
Longitude: W072 27.48
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Directions: School Street in Wolcott.

Wolcott Bridge, Wolcott, Lamoille County, VT
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Per the Lamoille Newsdealer (Hyde Park), October 19, 1869, "The Freshet in Wolcott. The covered bridge above the factory village was taken by the current and carried some 40 or 50 rods and left in a field, followed by two bridges in close succession from Hardwick. The bridge in the village, and the one near H. Guyer's, and the one over the Lamoille near B. Guyer's are also gone. The one which was near B. Guyer's is standing in his field, and it is thought that it may be replaced without taking it down. All the bridges over the Wild Branch are gone, and most of the small bridges in town have been carried away." The location of the factory village is unclear, whether it refers to the area below this bridge or another industrial area upstream. Per the St. Albans Weekly Messenger, July 6, 1905, the bridge near Charles G. Wood's residence in Wolcott was washed away (probably not meaning that it was destroyed). A June 9, 1915 article refers to repairs at the covered bridge at C. M. Woods'. May also refer to this crossing. Per the St. Johnsbury Republican, August 2, 1923, "A steel bridge will be built in Wolcott over the Lamoille river to (replace) the old wooden covered bridge which has stood there for many years. It is now in bad repair and much heavy traffic passes over it. It is on the main highway from Burlington to St. Johnsbury." It is not clear if this potentially refers to another crossing, such as would have connected Dead End Road and Flat Iron Road.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, March 2013
St. Johnsbury Republican, August 2, 1923.
Morrisville Messenger, June 9, 1915.
St. Albans Weekly Messenger, July 6, 1905.
Lamoille Newsdealer (Hyde Park), October 19, 1869.

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