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Five Stone Arch Bridges
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Bridges Era: 1830-1839 DateCreated: 1830-1860 Hillsborough State: NH Zip: 03244 Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/Project/Five-Stone-Arch-Bridges/ Creator:

"Some of New Hampshire's most aesthetically pleasing yet least appreciated structures are stone arch bridges."

YearAdded:
2002
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Glass_house (CC BY-SA 2.0) Image Caption: The Gleason Falls Bridges, built in 1830, stands as a testament to the durability of dry-laid stone arches. Era_date_from: 1830
keeseville
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Bridges Era: 1870-1879 DateCreated: 1878 AuSable River Keeseville State: NY Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/project/bridges-of-keeseville/ Creator: Townsend, Soloman , Berlin Iron Bridge Company

A 214-foot single-span covered wooden bridge, built above the cribs of stone in the AuSable River that served to break log jams and ice floes, collapsed during the winter of 1875 under the weight of a three-foot snowfall and high winds. The "Upper Bridge" (pictured) was built in its place.

YearAdded:
1987
Image Credit: Public Domain (Released by Creator) Image Caption: The Keeseville Suspension Bridge built 1888, Keeseville, one of the three "Bridges of Keeseville" that span the AuSable River Era_date_from: 1878
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A 214-foot single-span covered wooden bridge, built above the cribs of stone in the AuSable River that served to break log jams and ice floes, collapsed during the winter of 1875 under the weight of a three-foot snowfall and high winds. The "Upper Bridge" (pictured) was built in its place.…

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Five Stone Arch Bridges

"Some of New Hampshire's most aesthetically pleasing yet least appreciated structures are stone arch bridges."

From: Stone Arch Bridges of the Contoocook River Valley, New Hampshire Profiles, May, 1978 by Raymond Gibson 
 
These five bridges, Carr Bridge (mid 1800's), Gleason…

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