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Old Lattice, Grafton County

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Inventory Number: NH/29-05-06x
State of New Hampshire Number: 40
County: Grafton County
Township: Woodstock
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Old Lattice
Crosses: Pemigewasset River
Truss type: Town/Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 182'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1878
Builder:
When Lost: 05 Apr 1971
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N43 58.58
Longitude: W071 40.73
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: At an abandoned crossing 0.2 miles east of Woodstock.

Old Lattice Bridge, Woodstock, Grafton County, NH. Built 1878, Lost to Arson April 5, 1971
Richard E. Roy Collection

Old Lattice Bridge, Woodstock, Grafton County, NH. Built 1878, Lost to Arson April 5, 1971
Todd Clark Collection

Old Lattice Bridge, Woodstock, Grafton County, NH. Built 1878, Lost to Arson April 5, 1971
W. Edward White Photo, 1943, Richard E. Roy Collection

Old Lattice Bridge, Woodstock, Grafton County, NH. Built 1878, Lost to Arson April 5, 1971
Bill Caswell Collection

Old Lattice Bridge, Woodstock, Grafton County, NH. Built 1878, Lost to Arson April 5, 1971
Elizabeth Quint Photo, July 17, 1936, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Lumber for the bridge was logged in the Hubbard Brook area of North Woodstock and was cut in John Emmon`s sawmill, costing $10 par 1000 board feet. Early photographs show flying buttresses running the entire length of the bridge. It is likely that they were used to protect it from damage during times of ice jams and high floodwaters. The bridge was lost to arson on April 5, 1971.

Sources:
NSPCB Newsletter, May 15, 1971, page 2
List of New Hampshire Covered Bridges, compiled by Richard Roy in 1977, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives
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, pages 23, 46

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