COVERED BRIDGE RESTORATION THROUGH ARTIFACT RESEARCH

Recently there has been considerable interest in restoring the few remaining American covered bridges for historical value and public enjoyment. This article discusses how the artifact, the surviving bridge, provides basic data for both the historian of technology and the restoration engineer dedicated to historic bridge preservation. Among the bridges mentioned are the designs of Theodore Burr (1771-1822), those of Lemuel Chenoweth (born in 1811), and those of Steven Harriman Long (1784-1864).

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1606878
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article is reprinted from the Proceedings of the International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., June 12, 13, and 14, 1989.
• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Kemp, E L
• Publication Date: 1989-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 42-44
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 120
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Covered bridges; Historic preservation; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Restoration
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; History; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490493
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM