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The End Of The Covered Bridge
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One of the reasons covered bridges
were no longer built was because of the railroads. Stronger bridges had to be built
to carry the weight of the heavy trains. The iron bridges did not need to be
protected with a roof or siding and could be built in factories quicker and more
economically than the wooden ones.
There was not enough public money to constantly maintain the all wood covered bridges,
which rotted, caught fire, were damaged by heavy trucks, or were washed away by floods.
I would like to thank some of the people that make this project possible: My
parents, grandparents, and teachers, especially Mrs. Margaret Greer of Hartman Magnet
Center and Mr. Smith of Nutterfort Intermediate. Also, I would like to thank all the
volunteers who make the West Virginia Social Studies Fair work. And, of course, Dr.
Emory Kemp's office. - Ryan Post |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bridging the Times,
West Virginia, It's You, (Bell Atlantic,
n.p., n.d.), page 87
Cohen, Stan, West Virginia's Covered
Bridges: A Pictorial Heritage (Pictorial
Histories Publishing Co., Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1992)
Covered Bridges in West Virginia (Publication Services and Printing Services, WVU, 1988)
Harner, Harvey W., Covered Bridges of
Harrison County, West Virginia,
(Education Foundation, Charleston, 1956)
Kemp, Dr. Emory, Uncovering the Covered
Bridge, Part 1 and Part 11, (WVU,
Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archeology and WSWP-TV, 1993)
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