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Connecticut River or Brattleboro Toll, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-79#3x / NH-03-13#3x
County: Windham County / Cheshire County
Township: Brattleboro - Hinsdale
Town/Village: - Barretts Island
Bridge Name: Connecticut River or Brattleboro Toll
Crosses: Connecticut River
Truss type: Howe & Arch
Spans: 2
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1870
Builder: Daniel Harris
When Lost: 07 Aug 1903
Cause: Razed
Latitude: N42 51.10
Longitude: W072 33.37
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Connecticut River Bridge, Brattleboro, VT - Hinsdale, NH Built 1870 Lost 1903
Richard E. Roy Collection

Connecticut River or Brattleboro Toll Bridge, Brattleboro-Hinsdale, Windham County, VT Built 1870 Lost 1903
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Connecticut River or Brattleboro Toll Bridge, Brattleboro-Hinsdale, Windham County, VT Built 1870 Lost 1903
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
15 and 20-panel trusses. One version of the bridge cost $6200 and the adjacent Little River Bridge was $1500. Per the Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro), August 7, 1903, "The west span of the old covered bridge across the Connecticut river was blown off its foundation by dyanmite this morning and is now lying in the river."

Sources:
Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro), August 7, 1903.
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, pages 8-9
Knoblock, Glenn A.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges, 2002, page 54
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 47

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