Slaughter House Covered Bridge
Slaughter House Covered Bridge | |
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| File:SlaughterHouseBridge.JPG Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont | |
| Carries | Automobile |
| Crosses | Dog River |
| Locale | Northfield, Vermont |
| Maintained by | Town of Northfield |
| ID number | VT-12-09 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Covered, Queen post |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 59.6 ft (18.17 m) |
| Width | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Load limit | 8 tons |
| Clearance above | 10.75 ft (3.28 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | unknown |
| Construction end | 1872 |
Slaughter House Covered Bridge | |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.4 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000265[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1974 |
| Location | |
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The Slaughter House (or Slaughterhouse) Covered Bridge[2] is a wooden covered bridge that carries Slaughterhouse Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont. The Queen post truss bridge is one of five surviving 19th-century bridges in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
Description and history
[edit | edit source]The Slaughterhouse Bridge is located just outside the village of Northfield Falls, a short way west of Vermont Route 12 on Slaughterhouse Road, a dead-end road that once provided access to an eponymous business. The Dog River, a tributary of the Winooski River, flows north, with the village mainly on the east side. The bridge is a single-span Queen post truss design, resting on dry laid stone abutments. The trusses are 59.5 feet (18.1 m) long, and the bridge has a total width of 14.5 feet (4.4 m), carrying one lane of traffic. The exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The siding ends short of the roof, providing an open strip between them. The projecting gable ends are cut in the shape of a reverse ogee.[3]
The bridge was built in 1872. It is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, representing one of the highest concentration of these historic structures in the state.[3] There are no documents to verify, but the 8-ton weight limit seems to indicate that the deck has been reinforced by Ɪ-beams, likely in the 20th century.[4]
See also
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- List of covered bridges in Vermont
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
References
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slaughter House Covered Bridge
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). with photos from 1974
- ^ Evans, Benjamin and June. New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England, 2004. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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- Buildings and structures in Northfield, Vermont
- Bridges completed in 1872
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- Queen post truss bridges in the United States
- Wooden bridges in Vermont
- Covered bridges in Washington County, Vermont
- National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- 1872 establishments in Vermont