2010 Nowak Vacation
to
Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont
Thursday, June 10 - Middle/Southern Vermont
Sharon and I left middle Vermont and headed down to one of the last exits in Vermont before entering Massachusetts. Along the way we photographed covered bridges...sometimes under an umbrella because of the downpour.
Bests Bridge,
1837
West Windsor, 37' spanning Mill Brook
Bowers Bridge,
Unknown
West Windsor, 48' spanning Mill Brook
Downers Bridge,
1840
Windsor County, 80' spanning Black River
Salmond Bridge,
1880
Weathersfield, 54' spanning Sherman Brook
Eureka Schoolhouse, 1785-1900
The first village settlement in Springfield was in the northeast section of town, just off the old Military Road. The settlers began con-struction on a schoolhouse in 1785, however the small building was not completed until 1790. Today this building is the oldest one-room schoolhouse in Vermont and one of the few surviving eighteenth century public buildings in the State.
Baltimore Bridge,
1870
Originally crossed the Great Brook in North Springfield on the road
leading to the small town of Baltimore, Vermont. It is 37' long. It is
currently located next to the historic Eureka Schoolhouse.
The Vermont Country
Store
1292 Rockingham Road, Bellows Falls, VT
They sell many of the
products from by-gone days, and Vermont specialty foods.
Depot Bridge,
1872
Relocated to Vermont Country Store after being endangered by
floods
and yes...I did get a kiss (see sign below).
Gristmill
Working replica found beside the Vermont Country Store
Bartonsville
Bridge, 1870
Rockingham, 151' spanning Williams River
Curtis All American
Bar*B*Q
You are not going to believe we ate lunch at this place...but we
did!
That's beans and barbeque in one bowl, my friends.
Basketville in
Putney, VT
No visit to Vermont would be complete without a trip to
Basketville,
and yes...they have baskets.
Irises
These
interested me more than the baskets. I loved the rain drops.
Creamery Bridge,
1879
Brattleboro, 80' spanning Whetstone Brook
West Dummerston
Bridge, 1872
Dummerston, 280' spanning West River (Longest in
Vermont)
Williamsonville
Bridge, 1870
Newfane, 120' spanning Stony Brook
This new bridge is being installed either beside or in place of the Williamsonville Covered Bridge. It was setting on blocks about 100 yards from the original bridge.
Tomorrow we head for Washington, DC on our way home.
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Nowak.
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