Roaring Waters
Thetford, Vermont, USA
The run-off in the falls below the Sayers Covered Bridge was incredible, almost deafening.
The bridge itself is an enigma. It's builder and date of construction are unknown. It's built in a style very similar to the rare...
Photo taken May 2011 by Flickr user jcbwalsh
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
BH Photo #281441
I know this bridge is sometimes identified as a Haupt, however photos suggest to me it is not of this truss type. Logic even, suggests there is little possibility that it might be - Herman's patent dates to late December the same year this bridge was built, it is more than unlikely that even a prototypical example might have been built 450 miles afield from his home area.
In the coming weeks I will be working on a bridge just to the north in The Kingdom, and will work to swing by and document and photograph the Sayers and determine just what type it might be.