When we think of covered bridges, we think of Vermont. Today, the state still boasts a hundred covered bridges, and records tell of hundreds more such historical structures no longer in existence. Vermont Covered Bridges offers views of the most interesting and beautiful of these bygone covered bridges, as well as old photographs of existing structures. The images are drawn from the archives of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB), including the incomparable Richard Sanders Allen Collection and the work of noted photographers Henry A. Gibson, Raymond Brainerd, a... Read More
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When we think of covered bridges, we think of Vermont. Today, the state still boasts a hundred covered bridges, and records tell of hundreds more such historical structures no longer in existence. Vermont Covered Bridges offers views of the most interesting and beautiful of these bygone covered bridges, as well as old photographs of existing structures. The images are drawn from the archives of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB), including the incomparable Richard Sanders Allen Collection and the work of noted photographers Henry A. Gibson, Raymond Brainerd, a... Read More
When we think of covered bridges, we think of Vermont. Today, the state still boasts a hundred covered bridges, and records tell of hundreds more such historical structures no longer in existence. Vermont Covered Bridges offers views of the most interesting and beautiful of these bygone covered bridges, as well as old photographs of existing structures. The images are drawn from the archives of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB), including the incomparable Richard Sanders Allen Collection and the work of noted photographers Henry A. Gibson, Raymond Brainerd, and others. Royalties from the sales of this book will benefit the NSPCB.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 8th July 2004
State: Vermont
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738535982
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Bridges
Author Bio
Joseph D. Conwill has visited every historic covered bridge in North America, plus many now gone, since becoming interested in the subject in 1966. He is archivist of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges and editor of its historical quarterly covered bridges and many technical articles on bridge framing. He lives in the western mountains of Maine with his wife Nancy.
When we think of covered bridges, we think of Vermont. Today, the state still boasts a hundred covered bridges, and records tell of hundreds more such historical structures no longer in existence. Vermont Covered Bridges offers views of the most interesting and beautiful of these bygone covered bridges, as well as old photographs of existing structures. The images are drawn from the archives of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB), including the incomparable Richard Sanders Allen Collection and the work of noted photographers Henry A. Gibson, Raymond Brainerd, and others. Royalties from the sales of this book will benefit the NSPCB.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 8th July 2004
State: Vermont
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738535982
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Bridges
Joseph D. Conwill has visited every historic covered bridge in North America, plus many now gone, since becoming interested in the subject in 1966. He is archivist of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges and editor of its historical quarterly covered bridges and many technical articles on bridge framing. He lives in the western mountains of Maine with his wife Nancy.
