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Washington Mill or Graff's Mill, Greene County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-29-06x
County: Greene County
Township: Sugar Creek
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Washington Mill or Graff's Mill
Crosses: Little Miami River
Truss type: Double Smith
Spans: 1
Length: 165'-5" / 180'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1875
Builder:
When Lost: Mar 1968
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N39 38.70
Longitude: W084 02.57
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1¾ miles northeast of Bellbrook on CR89 (Washington Mill).

Washington Mill or Graff's Mill Bridge, Sugar Creek, Greene County, OH Built 1875 Arson Oct 1968
Richard Donovan Photo (Feb. 1960), Brian J. McKee Collection

Washington Mill or Graff's Mill Bridge, Sugar Creek, Greene County, OH Built 1875 Arson Oct 1968
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The bridge was arsoned in the Spring of 1964, but the fire was put out before total destruction of the bridge. However, in March 1968 it was set afirre again and fully destroyed.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, April 2010
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 39
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXIX, No. 3, October 1971, page 10
Shell, James H.. Covered Wooden Truss Bridges of Greene County, Ohio, 1998

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