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Canaan Toll, Essex County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-05-12x / NH-04-28x
County: Essex County / Coös County
Township: Canaan - Stewartstown
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Canaan Toll
Crosses: Connecticut River
Truss type: Varies
Spans: 3
Length: 246'
Roadway Width:
Built: c1822
Builder:
When Lost: 1928
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 59.75
Longitude: W071 32.08
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: At West Stewartstown.

Canaan Toll over the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, NH and Canaan, Essex County, VT (Lost in 1928)
Eastern Illustrating Postcard, Richard E. Roy Collection

Canaan Toll over the Connecticut River between Stewartstown, NH and Canaan, VT (Lost in 1928)
Richard E. Roy Collection, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
The three spans were different types - one end had a Paddleford truss, the center span was a Paddleford truss with an arch, and the other end was a Queen truss. The trusses had 8-panels, 12-panels and 4-panels. The bridge had a wide overhanging roof which extended over an open-sided pedestrian walkway on the upstream side. The bridge was jacked up during the 1927 flood to keep it safe and replaced with a single steel span in 1928.

Sources:
Report of the Bridge Commissioners of the State of New Hampshire to the Legislature, December 31, 1906, pages 26
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 V, No. 2, June 1947, pages 4 & 6

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