The covered bridges of Pennsylvania : a guide [2 ed.] 9780892710546, 0892710543

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Harrisburg’s Camelback Bridge in 1880. It was designed by Theodore Burr, who was responsible for four other substantial covered bridges which spanned the Susquehanna. The two sections of this bridge, which crossed Hargest (now City) Island, were 2,876 feet long and 40 feet wide. To give a sense of the scale of the Camelback Bridge, the longest extant covered bridge in Pennsylvania today is the 270 foot long 15 foot 6 inch wide Academia Bridge in Juniata County. The contract for construction of the Camelback Bridge was signed in 1812 and the structure was completed in 1817, at a cost of $192,138. The eastern portion of the bridge was washed away in the flood of 1846 and reconstructed in 1847. However, the rebuilt eastern section burned in 1867 and was replaced by a conventional covered bridge. The western section of the Camelback Bridge survived until 1903, when both sections of the bridge were demolished. Photo: J. Horace McFarland, from the collection of The State Archives of Pennsylvania

Cover: Packsaddle Bridge (1870) across Brush Creek, Somerset County. Photo: Isaac Geib, Grant Heilman Photography, Lititz, Pennsylvania.

‘The Covered ‘Bridges of‘Pennsylvania A Guide Susan fM. Zacfter IliiiiiiiiliiiiiiilAiiAiiiii

Diifsburg Area Public Library 17 $. Baltimore St. Dillsburg, PA 17019

SECOND EDITION

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Harrisburg, 1994

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THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION Robert P. Casey GOVERNOR Kurt D. Zwikl CHAIRMAN

COMMISSIONERS Frank S. Beal Michael E. Bortner, Senator Bernard J. Dombrowski Robert H. Fowler, Sr. Constance Glott-Maine Ann N. Greene William F. Heefner Edwin G. Holl, Senator Stephen R. Maitland, Representative LeRoy Patrick James R. Roebuck, Representative Anna Rotz Donald M. Carroll, Jr., Ex Officio Secretary of Education Brent D. Glass EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Second Edition 1994 Copyright © 1982, 1994 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ISBN 0-89271-054-3

Part of the cost of the preparation of this publication was funded by a survey and plan¬ ning grant congressionally authorized by the National Preservation Act of 1966, ad¬ ministered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, NatioJial Park Service.

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