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Hartford Toll, Hartford County

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Inventory Number: CT/07-02-18x
County: Hartford County
Township: East Hartford - Hartford
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Bridge Name: Hartford Toll
Crosses: Connecticut River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 6+1 pony
Length: 974'
Roadway Width: 36'
Built: 1818
Builder: Ithiel Town, Isaac Damon
When Lost: 17 May 1895
Cause: Burned
Latitude: N41 46.17
Longitude: W072 39.93
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Directions: Morgan Street between Hartford and East Hartford.

Hartford Toll Bridge, East Hartford-Hartford, CT Built 1818 Burned 17 May 1895
Richard E. Roy Collection

Hartford Toll Bridge, East Hartford-Hartford, CT Built 1818 Burned 17 May 1895
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
This double barrel bridge cost $40,000 to construct. A freshet in January 1839 carried away one span. Skylights were included in a cupola over spans 3 and 4 to let light into the bridge. Originally a toll bridge, it was made free on September 11, 1889. Horse-car tracks were added in 1890 and the track was electrified two years later.

Sources:
Pease, John Chauncey and John Milton Niles: A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island, 1819, page 48
DeVito, Michael C.. Connecticut's Old Timbered Crossings, 1964, pages 7-9
Caswell, William S. Jr.. Images of America - Connecticut & Rhode Island Covered Bridges, 2011, Pages 12, 66-72

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