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Clapp or J.D. Head, Franklin County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-06-30x
County: Franklin County
Township: Montgomery
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Clapp or J.D. Head
Crosses: Trout River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1893
Builder: Savanard Jewett
When Lost: 1950
Cause:
Latitude: N44 54.09
Longitude: W072 39.14
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Directions: On VT118.

Clapp Bridge, Montgomery, Franklin County, VT Lost 1950
Margaret Foster Collection, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Per the St. Albans Daily Messenger, September 19, 1893, "S. G. Jewett is putting up a new covered bridge near J. D. Head's."

Sources:
St. Albans Daily Messenger, September 19, 1893.
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 107

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