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Upper or Plunkett, Orleans County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-10-10x
County: Orleans County
Township: Charleston
Town/Village: West Charleston
Bridge Name: Upper or Plunkett
Crosses: Clyde River
Truss type: Long, Adaptation
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: bef 1901
Builder:
When Lost: 1947
Cause:
Latitude: N44 53.05
Longitude: W072 03.36
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Directions: About 1.5 miles southeast of West Charleston between Charleston Pond and Pensioner Pond.

Upper or Plunkett Bridge, Charleston, Orleans County, VT Lost 1947
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Upper or Plunkett Bridge, Charleston, Orleans County, VT Lost 1947
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Per the Orleans County Monitor (Barton), September 9, 1901, "The selectmen are laying a wing-wall to the upper covered bridge and widening the road."

Source:
Orleans County Monitor (Barton), September 9, 1901.

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