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Taft, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-31x
County: Windham County
Township: Dummerston
Town/Village: West Dummerston
Bridge Name: Taft
Crosses: Stickney Brook
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 65'
Roadway Width:
Built: c1870
Builder:
When Lost: 1951
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N42 54.91
Longitude: W072 36.78
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Taft Bridge, Dummerston, Windham County, VT Built c1870 Lost 1951
Richard E. Roy Collection

Taft Bridge, Dummerston, Windham County, VT Built c1870 Moved 1951
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The bridge was built after an 1869 storm cut a new channel for the stream. Dismantled and trucked to Sturbridge Village, MA in 1951, now MA-14-03.

Sources:
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, page 11
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, page 48

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