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Conant Farm, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-12x
County: Rutland County
Township: Brandon
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Conant Farm
Crosses: Otter Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1848
Builder:
When Lost: 25 Jul 1949
Cause: Collapsed
Latitude:
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Directions: Of route 73, west of Brandon.

Conant Farm Bridge, Brandon, Rutland County, VT Built 1848 Lost 1949
Richard E. Roy Collection

Conant Farm Bridge, Brandon, Rutland County, VT Built 1848 Collapsed 1949
Todd Clark Collection

Conant Farm Bridge, Brandon, Rutland County, VT Built 1848 Lost 1949
Richard Sanders Allen Photo, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
An extension to the portal and storm doors on the north side prevented wind-driven rain from getting to the ends of the truss. At one time there was also a swinging gate in the middle of the span. There is a story that Mrs. John Conant gave it to her husband as a Christmas gift. The bridge collapsed during a rain storm on July 25, 1949. After the bridge collapsed, Brandon firemen completed the destruction to remove the obstruction from Otter Creek. At least one of the abutments was made of marble.

Sources:
Addison County Independent, July 29, 1949, page 10
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 31
Connecticut River Valley Covered Bridge Society. Bulletin, Volume XI, No. 1, Summer 1964, page 6

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