Talk:List of covered bridges in New Hampshire

Contoocook?

Hi. I miss the bridge over the Contoocook River in Contoocook, NH. It's an old railroad bridge, obviously now used as a walkway. See [1] --Thogo (Talk) 14:10, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

It's in there as "Railroad (Hopkinton)". Anyone know if a more precise name exists for it?--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:30, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Apparently "Railroad Bridge" is the name given in the NH Div. of Historic Resources files.--Ken Gallager (talk) 13:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Maybe go there and propose a name. If they accept it, there ya go! - Denimadept (talk) 16:54, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Ah, thank you. Which are the other two still existing covered bridges on that rail line (Concord–Claremont)? (In Lindsell 2000, The Rail Lines of Northern New England, the author mentions 3 wooden covered bridges which are said to have survived.) --Thogo (Talk) 18:11, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not able to find mention of other covered railroad bridges on this route via the NH Historical Resources web site. Covered bridges for roads along the route include Dalton (Warner), Waterloo (Warner), Bement (Bradford), and Corbin (Newport), but there is nothing in the writeups to indicate that they were once part of the railroad line. The Sulphite Bridge in Franklin is the only other covered railroad bridge in NH that I'm aware of, and that one is "upside down" (covered under the rails). --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Covered *under* the rails? O.o Are there pictures? Hm, I just wrote an article on one of the rail lines through Franklin on dewiki, but there was no covered bridge mentioned in the literature. Was that the bridge over the Merrimack on the Tilton-Franklin branch? --Thogo (Talk) 20:24, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I take it you're talking about this bridge, yes? - Denimadept (talk) 20:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

That is the one I mentioned first, in Contoocook. The one that confuses me now (the one Ken mentioned above), seems to be in Franklin but I don't find where. The Tilton&Franklin only crossed the Merrimack, and that bridge seems to be removed. It didn't cross the Winnipesaukee. And the main line didn't cross either of them. --Thogo (Talk) 21:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Sulphite Bridge

The Tilton & Franklin actually crosses the Winnipesaukee twice where the railroad bends to get into downtown Franklin. The Sulphite Bridge is the upstream (eastern) bridge.[2] (The downstream one has disappeared and was right next to Central Street at the street's eastern crossing of the river in downtown Franklin.) I will try to put up a picture of it; the bridge has been damaged by fire.--Ken Gallager (talk) 09:40, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to put the photos up here, because there aren't any in the article yet. Perhaps at some point the list could get formatted like the NRHP lists, which have space for photos.--Ken Gallager (talk) 09:51, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually there are better pictures at the NH DHR website: [3] --Ken Gallager (talk) 09:56, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

You can see where the track ran on the 1927 USGS quadrangle for the area, at the place called "Franklin Falls" (what is now simply downtown Franklin).--Ken Gallager (talk) 12:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh that's very cool. Thank you very much. That helps a lot. --Thogo (Talk) 22:16, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

So the rails went OVER this charred truss? If they went over, and weren't covered in turn, that sounds more like a deck truss than a normal-for-covered-bridge through truss. - Denimadept (talk) 23:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

"Pratt Truss"? (says the website) Yes, the rails weren't covered themselves. --Ken Gallager (talk) 13:43, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

In that case, how is this a covered bridge? - Denimadept (talk) 14:06, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I think you'd have to take that up with the NHDHR. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:31, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

NH Bridges that are gone

Here is a list of, "NEW HAMPSHIRE COVERED BRIDGES OF THE PAST," at [4] from NH DHR.

Here is one to be added to the list: Merrimack NH, Turkey Hill Covered Bridge, [5]

dond (talk) 20:33, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Good start. I'll plug them in. Turkey Jim's has been restored in 2013. I've visited it. Clayton Emery — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clayton Emery (talk • contribs) 23:40, November 15, 2017 (UTC)