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Winooski Street, Washington County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-12-70x
County: Washington County
Township: Duxbury - Waterbury
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Winooski Street
Crosses: Winooski River
Truss type:
Spans: 1
Length: 212'
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 10 Jul 1885
Cause: Windstorm
Latitude: N44 20.23
Longitude: W072 45.84
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Directions: Winooski Street between Duxbury and Waterbury.

Winooski Street Bridge, Duxbury-Waterbury, Washington County, VT Flood 3 Nov 1927
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Per the Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier), March 15, 1844, "Bridge gone---At Waterbury, over Onion River." It is not clear if this applies to VT/45-12-69 or VT/45-12-70 (or if it was a predecessor non-covered bridge). Per The Boston Globe, July 10, 1885, "Waterbury, Vt., July 10.--A cyclone, with terrific lightning, thunder and rain, reached here at 1:30 p.m. yesterday from the southwest. The covered wooden bridge across the Winooski river, 212 feet span, was blown into the water and completely destroyed; damage $5000." The bridge was rebuilt. The second one was a single span Howe truss, with large diagonal portals and vertical siding which was lost in the 1927 flood.

Sources:
Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier), March 15, 1844.
The Boston Globe, July 10, 1885.
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 93

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