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Seal Barn or Big Cedar Creek, Franklin County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-24-10
County: Franklin County
Township: Springfield
Town/Village: Brookville
Bridge Name: Seal Barn or Big Cedar Creek
Crosses: Big Cedar Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 60' span, 64' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1905
Builder: John W. Seal
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 24.340
Longitude: W084 54.491
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 6.0 miles east of jct IN1/US52 (Main St.) on IN252 (E Fourth St.), then 0.7 miles right on Big Cedar South Rd. to the bridge on the left side of the road. West of Mt. Carmel.

Seal Barn or Big Cedar Creek Bridge, Brookville, IN Built 1905
Dale J. Travis Photo

Seal Barn or Big Cedar Creek Bridge, Springfield, Franklin County, IN Built 1905
Traugott Keller Photograph, June 4, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
29-9N-1W. Private, permission. The bridge was built by John W. Seal and constructed with a closure on both ends so that he could put stock out on either side of the creek without having to ford the stream.

Sources:
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/franklin3.htm
Travis, Dale. 'Indiana Covered Bridges List', updated to 11 Feb 2005, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbin.htm (8 Mar 2005)
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 17

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