There must be some connection between autumn leaves and covered bridges. In Indiana there’s a “Covered Bridge Festival” every October, and similar events seem to take place elsewhere around the northeastern states. Here in West Virginia I don’t know of a festival, but it seems that Lisa and I have suddenly been seeking out covered [...]
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Autumn bridges
Posted in Clarksburg Tales, tagged bridges, covered bridges, Philippi Covered Bridge on 2010-11-03 | 1 Comment »
Close Encounters with Trains
Posted in Clarksburg Tales, Pictures, tagged bridges, Carrollton Covered Bridge, covered bridges, trains, Tygart Junction on 2010-10-23 | Leave a Comment »
A few months ago Lisa talked about our trip to Tygart Junction, walking the tracks from the Carrollton covered bridge and our encounter with the coal train (read about the trip here and about the covered bridge here). Since she included a picture of me along the tracks I thought it was only fair to [...]
Carrollton Covered Bridge
Posted in Pictures, tagged bridges, Carrollton Covered Bridge, covered bridges on 2010-04-28 | 1 Comment »
Sunday was bright and sunny, a good day for a drive into the hills, and this time to Carrollton to the covered bridge. The bridge was originally built in 1855-1856, but has been renovated in recent years. The supports are concrete and recent, but the timbers inside the bridge look old, perhaps are original. The [...]
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