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Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge

Sullivan County, New Hampshire
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Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Description 

The Kenyon Bridge is an extraordinarily well-preserved example of a multiple kingpost covered bridge by noted builder James F. Tasker. -- Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Covered bridge over Mill Brook next to Town House Road in Cornish
Location
Town of Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1881
Design
Covered Multiple Kingpost through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 92.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 6.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1978
Also called
Kenyon Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.46298, -72.35342   (decimal degrees)
43°27'47" N, 72°21'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/714095/4815632 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Claremont North
Inventory numbers
NRHP 78000223 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25035 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1881 (57)
Built during 1880s (1,044)
Covered (925)
HAER documented (781)
Multiple Kingpost truss (91)
NR-listed (2,353)
New Hampshire (294)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
 Owned by township (1,813)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Sufficiency rating zero (308)
Sullivan County, New Hampshire (22)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,794)
Town of Cornish, New Hampshire (3)
Truss (23,566)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • December 18, 2011: Photos imported by James Baughn
  • October 14, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is known as the Blacksmith Shop Covered Bridge and bridge is on the National Register

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER NH-40 - Kenyon Bridge, Spanning Mill Brook, Town House Road, Cornish City, Sullivan County, NH

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