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Hammond or Florence Station, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-05
County: Rutland County
Township: Pittsford
Town/Village: near Florence
Bridge Name: Hammond or Florence Station
Crosses: Otter Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 139'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1842
Builder: Asa Nourse
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 43.239
Longitude: W073 03.212
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.2 miles northwest of jct VT3 on US7, then 0.7 miles left on Kendall Hill Rd. and just right on a bypassed section of Kendall Hill Rd.

Hammond Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1843
C. Ernest Walker Photo, NSPCB Archives

Hammond Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1843
Philippe Bonnet Photo, June 28, 1964, NSPCB Archives

Hammond Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1843
Bill Caswell Photo, April 2008

Hammond Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1843
Bill Caswell Photo, May 30, 2016

Hammond or Florence Station Bridge, Pittsford, Rutland County, VT Built 1842
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Built by Asa Nourse in 1843, it was lifted off its abutments during the 1927 flood and floated about a mile and a half downstream. Empty oil barrels were used to bouy it up and it was towed back upstream and reset on higher abutments.

Sources:
Congdon, Herbert Wheaton. The Covered Bridge, 1959, page 37
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 30
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 147

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