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Holland, Windham County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-13-60#2x
County: Windham County
Township: Townshend
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Holland
Crosses: West River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 2
Length: 220'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1875
Builder:
When Lost: 06 Sep 1952
Cause: Burned
Latitude: N43 01.38
Longitude: W072 39.53
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Holland Bridge, Townshend, Windham County, VT Built 1875 Lost 6 Sep 1952
Richard E. Roy Collection

Holland Bridge, Townshend, Windham County, VT Built 1875 Burned 6 Sep 1952
Vermont Date Book (1962), Colonial Publishing, owned by Phyllis Wells

Holland Bridge, Townshend, Windham County, VT Built 1875 Burned 6 Sep 1952
Todd Clark Collection

Holland Bridge, Townshend, Windham County, VT Built 1875 Burned 6 Sep 1952
C. Ernest Walker Photo, Todd Clark Collection

Holland Bridge, Townshend, Windham County, VT Built 1875 Burned 6 Sep 1952
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Cost $4094.04. It was built in Holland's meadow, then partially taken down and reconstructed over the river. In 1935, jacks were placed under it at the pier to remove a sag in the center. The bridge was so firmly pinned that the jacks lifted it rather than correct the sag. It was near the southern boundary of Townshend. It was named after the Holland family who owned a farm at the south end of the bridge. In its final years, it was painted bright green.

Source:
Allen, Richard S. & Morse Victor. Windham County's Famous Covered Bridges, 1960, pages 33-35

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