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Taylor's Falls, Hillsborough County

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Inventory Number: NH/29-06-34x
County: Hillsborough County
Township: Nashua - Hudson
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Taylor's Falls
Crosses: Merrimack River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 3
Length: 475'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1827
Builder: Samuel Chittenden
When Lost: 1881
Cause:
Latitude: N42 45.82
Longitude: W071 26.62
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: On the road to Hudson.

Taylors Falls Bridge over the Merrimack River in Nashua, NH. (1827-1881)
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
Built privately by a group of investors for $12,000. Passage between Dunstable and Nottingham West (renamed Hudson) was made much easier with the opening of this bridge. Tolls for this bridge were charged according to the type of traffic. In 1854 this bridge became a public right of way, owned jointly by the two towns.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, September 2017
List of New Hampshire Covered Bridges, compiled by Richard Roy in 1977, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives