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This picture was submitted by
Glenda Dean. She thinks it was taken in the 1940's somewhere between Pictou
and Cumberland counties. I feel that it was someplace along the Northumberland
Strait.
If any visitor to this site has and thing further on this please let me know. |
The picture was taken by
Logan Angevine who was from the Oxford area and lived in
Sunny Brae, Pictou County. |
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Pictures of the Aspen Bridge were provided by Blair Morrow |
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The bridge was almost 100 years old when it was removed in the early 1960 |
These pictures of the Kennetcook
Covered Bridge were used with the
permission of Kennetcook Community Visions Society |
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This picture was submitted by Stephen White |
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If I ever saw a Christmas Card Scene, this is it. |
This picture was submitted by Stephen White |
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It was built in 1836 and was a toll bridge. It was destroyed by fire in 1888. |
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This picture was submitted by Don Cunningham and is from collection of George Colquhoun |
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Wolfville crossing the Gaspereau River. This was the most heavily traveled covered bridge in Nova Scotia. It burned in the early 1950's and was replaced at that time with a Bailey Bridge. In the early 1970's that was replaced by this new twin span steel bridge when the new Highway 101 was built. |
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This picture was submitted by
Jon Archibald of Peterborough, Ontario
Jon thought the picture was taken in the early 50's |
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This picture was submitted by Don Cunningham and is from collection of George Colquhoun |
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This picture was submitted by Nova Scotia - Memories of Days Gone By Linda Bent |
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This picture was submitted by Phil Coleman |
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The Lawrencetown Mill with the Lawrencetown Lane Covered Bridge The view is North into the Village on the old Trunk#1/Evangeline Trail from Lawrencetown Lane. |
This picture was submitted by Phil Coleman |
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This bridge was located on the Musquodoboit River just below Rolling's Mill. This picture was taken around 1909 |
There were a number of other
Covered Bridges in Nova Scotia.
The following is a partial list provided to me by Blair Morrow. |
Cocamagon River on Highway 215
Milford St.Croix Stewiacke Farmington (Milmot Area) Sanster (Windsor Forks) Avon River #2 |
Text provided by Steven White |
It is ironic that the
first covered bridge built in Nova Scotia was the last one left standing.
The bridge was built in 1873 and torn down in 1967. A petition was put before the government in 1860 to build a bridge over the Kennetcook River. A bridge was required to allow materials, such as cordwood and logs, to get to the shipyards in Noel and Selma. The petitioners raised $250 and asked the government for an additional $400 to build the bridge. A contract was eventually awarded to Henry Ward, of Riverside, to build the bridge. Mr. Ward was very industrious man; he was a magistrate, a master carpenter, and the local undertaker as well. Timber for the bridge was cut locally and whip sawed into planks. Whip sawing was done by putting the logs on a rack; a pit was dug below. With one man on top of the rack, and the other in the pit, the logs were then hand sawn into planks with a large handsaw. The man in the pit had to wear a veil to keep the sawdust off his face. The men who done the whip sawing for the bridge were George and William White. The iron work for the bridge was done by Albro Ettinger and William Barron. They were two local blacksmiths. The iron was brought in one inch bars and was forged into the proper shapes and sizes. The forge was fired by charcoal that was produced locally from green hardwood. A Hemlock bark fire was used as a welding fire. Both burned very hot. The lumber for the roof and sides was sawn at a mill owned by Daniel Blois. The mill had one up and down saw and was very slow. Rock for the foundation was brought in from a quarry near the Gore, about five miles away. Wages for working on the bridge were about forty-five cents a day. Some work was statute labor, meaning each person was required to offer a certain amount of work to the government each year. The bridge was built with a crown in the middle, in order to prevent sagging. There were supposedly two reasons for the roof and sides on the bridge. On reason was to make it look like a barn so that animals would not be hesitant to cross it. The other reason was to protect the flooring. Since the original floorboards were not replaced until 1944, seventy-one years after the bridge was built. The roof and sides worked well. In the early years, the bridge was lighted with a Kerosene lantern; this was lit at dark and usually burned out around midnight. This led to several accidents; one story is of Alfred White and Henry Ward Jr. running together with their horses and buggies inside the bridge. Mr. White’s horse was killed and Mr. Ward’s badly injured. Neither man was hurt in the accident. Over the years, the bridge switched to electrical lighting. In the mid 1960’s, due to the size of the bridge, a drive was put on to have it removed and a new on put in its place. A “Bailey Bridge” was built on the downriver side of the covered bridge. The covered bridge was then torn down and the present bridge was built in its place. Some effort was made to save the bridge but lack of land to move it to and a thirty thousand-dollar price tag for the job stopped the salvation project. |
A few Web Sites that may interest you
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Join Sharon, her sister Dianna
and her husband Donnie
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Hants County Nova Scotia GenWeb Project |
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A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville |
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Sailing New Brunswick |
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Canoeing New Brunswick style |
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How to Get a Jeep Really Stuck |
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