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Covered Bridges of Newtown Square & Willistown
ОглавлениеNewtown was once home to 5 covered bridges, all spanning Crum Creek. There were also 2 other bridges (not including the present-day Bartram) located in Willistown. They both crossed Ridley Creek.
COVERED BRIDGES IN NEWTOWN & WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIPS | |||||
Name | Location | Truss | Built | Removed | |
NEWTOWN | “Castle Rock” | West Chester PikeConnecting with Edgmont | Kingpost | unknown | unknown |
“Marshall” | Gradyville RoadConnecting with Edgmont | Burr | unknown | c1930 | |
“Matlack” | Bishop Hollow RoadConnecting with U. Providence | Burr | unknown | unknown | |
“Bishop Hollow” | Bishop Hollow Road | unknown | unknown | unknown | |
“Bartram” (also known as” Stagers”) | Goshen RoadNewtown & Willistown | Burr | 1860 | - | |
WILLISTOWN | “Garrett Papermill” | Garrett Mill Road | unknown | 1866 | c1881 |
“Garrett Papermill” | Garrett Mill Road | MultipleKingpost | 1881 | 1933 | |
“Johnson”(also known as: “Gradyville,” Delchester | Delchester orConnecting with Edgmont | MultipleKingpost | 1858 | 1926 |
*Note: According to Arthur James’ book on Chester County covered bridges, the second Garrett’s Papermill Bridge “appeared” to have been built by Menander Wood and “two of his brothers.” We do not know if one of those brothers was Ferdinand Wood, the builder of Bartram Bridge
Although this photo of Bartram Covered Bridge came from Mr. Pryse’s collection, it is likely that he got it from an earlier collection of covered bridge photos. It is possible that the photo was taken in the 1920s or 1930s. The fact that no height clearance or weight limit signs are evident would help to support that belief. Source: Walter W. Pryse from the collection of George Conn.