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Sweatts Mills, Merrimack County

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Inventory Number: NH/29-07-15x
County: Merrimack County
Township: Webster
Town/Village: Swetts Mills
Bridge Name: Sweatts Mills
Crosses: Blackwater River
Truss type: Arch
Spans: 1
Length: c40'
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1909 or 1910
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N43 18.93
Longitude: W071 43.21
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Directions: One mile from NH127 or 0.6 miles from Blackwater Dam.

Sweatts Mill Bridge over the Blackwater River, Webster, NH. Lost 1909.
Bill Caswell Collection

Former Sweatts Mill Bridge, now a private residence in Webster, NH Moved 1909 or 1910
Richard E. Roy Collection

Former Sweatts Mill Bridge, now a private residence in Webster, NH Moved 1909 or 1910
Scott Wagner Photo

Comments:
This bridge was condemned in 1909 and replaced with a concrete bridge. The covered bridge and surrounding land reverted back to the abutting landowners. Mr. Pearson, one of the owners, took his half of the bridge, moved it up on the hillside and converted it into a house.

Sources:
Marshall, Richard G.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges : A Link With Our Past, 1994, pages 119-121
List of New Hampshire Covered Bridges, compiled by Richard Roy in 1977, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives
Knoblock, Glenn A.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges, 2002, page 99
Connecticut River Valley Covered Bridge Society. Bulletin, Volume VI, No. 3, Winter 1960, page 5

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