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Centerville Railroad or Woodstock, Windsor County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-14-60#2x
County: Windsor County
Township: Hartford
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Centerville Railroad or Woodstock
Crosses: White River
Truss type: Burr Deck
Spans: 4
Length: 650'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1859
Builder:
When Lost: 05 Feb 1887
Cause: Burned
Latitude: N43 40.88
Longitude: W072 23.68
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Centerville Railroad Bridge, Hartford, Windsor County, VT Built 1859 Lost 5 Feb 1887
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
Per Report of the Investigating Committee of the Vermont Central Railroad Company to the Stockholders, July 1, 1853, the bridge was known as Dickenson's Bridge and was a 4-span 650-foot Howe, Deck. It was accidentally burned in 1859. The replacement covered bridge was also a deck truss. It caught fire as a result of a derailment accident. Four cars of a northbound passenger train were derailed on the bridge approach and plunged into the river. 36 people died. Each span appears to have been about 150 feet.

Source:
Allen, Richard Sanders. Rare Old Covered Bridges of Windsor County, VT, 1962, page 16

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