Last additions - Covered Bridges
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Milford Covered Bridge736 viewsMilford Covered Bridge 1839-1894Oct 05, 2013
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Milford South Covered Bridge816 viewsMilford South Covered Bridge. Over East Fork Little Miami River near Roundbottom Rd. Destroyed in 1915Oct 05, 2013
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Milford South Covered Bridge788 viewsMilford South Covered Bridge crossed the East Fork of the Little Miami River on South Milford Road at the junction of Round Bottom Rd. It was destroyed by a "cyclone' IN 1915. Pictures is the destroyed bridge.Oct 05, 2013
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Milford Covered Bridge755 viewsMilford Covered Bridge- Crossed Little Miami River. The first covered bridge in Milford was built in 1818 and served until 1839 when it was replaced by a two-lane Wernwag Truss as shown the sketch. It was removed in 1894Oct 05, 2013
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Miamiville Railroad Bridge786 viewsMiamiville Railroad Bridge-Little Miami Railroad.
Built c1854. A covered deck Howe Truss replaced by steel in 1885. The stretch is from a Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Eire Illustrated RR Guide. In 1886 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan attempted to burn the bridge but was stopped by Union Troops.Oct 05, 2013
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Lenroot Road Covered Bridge793 viewsLenroot Road Covered Bridge. Franklin Township. Crossed West Branch Bullskin Creek, near SR 756.
Collapsed under the weight of a threshing machine.
Photo from Bethel Historical Society collectionOct 05, 2013
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Jackson Pike Covered Bridge779 viewsJackson Pike Covered Bridge, a 170 ft Smith truss built in 1876, Removed in 1966.Oct 05, 2013
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Cloverlick Covered Bridge763 viewsCloverlick Covered Bridge over Cloverlick Creek on Bethel-Concord Rd. It was a 120 ft. double Burr truss built in 1877. It was removed in 1937.Oct 05, 2013
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Bullskin/Cedron Bridge751 viewsBullskin/Cedron Bridge. Crossed Bullskin Creek near Cedron. It had a double Burr truss built in 1876. It was removed in 1949Oct 05, 2013
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N&W Railroad Bridge800 viewsN&W Railroad Bridge. Crossed Little Miami River near Batavia A 155 ft. deck Howe Truss built in 1877. In 1884 the bridge gave way under a passenger train. The engineer and fireman were killed. The thirty passenger trapped in the car precariously perchsed on the bridge were rescued. Sketch is from the Harpers Weekly. The N&W later replaced the bridge with it metal one that stands today. Oct 05, 2013
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