Taftsville Covered Bridge - Woodstock VT
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N 43° 37.851 W 072° 28.077
18T E 704263 N 4833988
The Taftsville Bridge is a timber-framed covered bridge which spans the Ottauquechee River in the Taftville village of Woodstock, Vermont in the United States.
Waymark Code: WMVEC6
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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Built in 1836 and exhibiting no influence from patented bridge designs, it is among the oldest remaining covered bridges both in Vermont and the nation as a whole.
The first bridge was washed away during a flood in 1807, with its replacement also falling to floodwaters in 1811. When the third bridge at the site was again washed away during an 1828 flood, a distinguished local by the name of Solomon Emmons III was contracted to build a more resilient crossing. His timber-framed, covered bridge was completed in 1836 and still stands today as the modern Taftsville Bridge
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