Kenyon Bridge

The Kenyon Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Kenyon Bridge
LocationOff NH 12A at Mill Brook and Town House Rd., Cornish City, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°27′47″N 72°21′12″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1882 (1882)
ArchitectTasker, James
Architectural styleMultiple Kingpost Truss
NRHP reference No.78000223[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1978

Description and history

The Kenyon Bridge is located in a wooded rural setting, a short way east of Town House Road about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of its junction with Center Road. It spans Mill Brook in a roughly east-west orientation. It is 96 feet (29 m) long and 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, with a roadbed 90 feet (27 m) long and 13 feet (4.0 m) wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge's multiple kingpost trusses are sheltered by a sheet metal roof, with vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28 panel sections between 29 posts.[2]

The bridge was built in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), a local builder well known for his bridges. Its historic name, Blacksmith Shop Bridge, derives from a shop nearby owned by blacksmith John Fellows.[2] It underwent a major rehabilitation in 1963. It is now closed to vehicular traffic, but open to pedestrians.

Images
  • Structural design of the Kenyon Bridge
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    2003
    Detail: eastern abutment, east-northeast 60° (HAER)
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    2003
    Detail: midspan, south panel (HAER)
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    2003
    Framing detail: north panel (HAER)
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    2003
    Downstream elevation, looking north (HAER)
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    2003
    End post detail: west end (HAER)
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    2003
    Interior view from the west (HAER)
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    2003
    Interior view, east portal, looking east (HAER)
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    2003
    Interior view, looking west (HAER)
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    2003
    (HAER)
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    2003
    Perspective showing roadway from the west, looking east (HAER)
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    2003
    Perspective, northwest by 295° (HAER)
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    2003
    Portal, east elevation (HAER)
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    2003
    Portal, west elevation, bearing due east (HAER)
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    2003
    Upstream elevation, bearing southwest 215° (HAER)

See also

Other covered bridges in Cornish

Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont

Other bridges elsewhere

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Kenyon Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
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