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Lower Waterford, Caledonia County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-03-48x
County: Caledonia County
Township: Waterford
Town/Village: Lower Waterford
Bridge Name: Lower Waterford
Crosses: Mad Brook
Truss type: Paddleford
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1929
Cause: Razed
Latitude: N44 21.29
Longitude: W071 54.37
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Directions: On VT 18 at Lower Waterford.

Lower Waterford Bridge, Waterford, Caledonia County, VT Razed 1929
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
9-panel truss. Per the Vermont Union-Journal (Lyndonville), July 17, 1929, "...and another landmark is fast disappearing at Lower Waterford where the old covered bridge is being razed to be replaced by a steel and cement structure." Per the St. Johnsbury Republican, November 7, 1947, "Lower Waterford The covered bridge is being repaired by Fred Quimby and several workmen." This information would seem to apply to the bridge reportedly already razed in 1929???

Sources:
St. Johnsbury Republican, November 7, 1947.
Vermont Union-Journal (Lyndonville), July 17, 1929.
NSPCB Archives, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, Paper Files, Vermont Lists & Maps, Folder 1
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 124

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