Eagleville Bridge

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Eagleville Bridge
Crosses Battenkill
Eagleville Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Eagleville Bridge (New York)
Eagleville Bridge
Location: Eagleville, New York
Coordinates: 43°4′59.54″N 73°18′50.52″W / 43.0832056, -73.3140333Coordinates: 43°4′59.54″N 73°18′50.52″W / 43.0832056, -73.3140333
Built/Founded: 1858
Architect: Ephraim Clapp
Added to NRHP: March 08, 1978 [1]
NRHP Reference#: 78003458
MPS: Covered Bridges of Washington County TR
Governing body: Local

Eagleville Bridge is a covered bridge in Washington County, New York. The bridge, which crosses the Battenkill, is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.

It was built by local builder Ephraim Clapp in 1858.

Town and Howe truss designs were patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and William Howe (architect) in 1840, respectively.[2] The Eagleville Bridge employs "the patented Town lattice truss, consisting of top and bottom chords of laminated wood plank, and a web of diagonal wood planks connected by wood trunnels at each point of intersection".[2]

It is one of four Washington County covered bridges submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in one multiple property submission.[2] The others are the Buskirk Bridge, the Rexleigh Bridge, and Shushan Bridge. All four were listed on the National Register on March 8, 1972.[1]

The Eagleville bridge was damaged by a flood in 1977 but was "stabilized and returned to vehicular use".[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ a b c d Raymond W. Smith (December, 1977), Covered Bridges of Washington County TR / Buskirk, Rexleigh, Eagleville, and Shushan Covered BridgesPDF (708 KiB), National Park Service 

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