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Geer Mill or Humpback or Ponn's, Vinton County

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Inventory Number: OH/35-82-06x
County: Vinton County
Township: Wilkesville
Town/Village: Wilkesville
Bridge Name: Geer Mill or Humpback or Ponn's
Crosses: Raccoon Creek
Truss type: Double Multiple King with arch
Spans: 1
Length: 175'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder:
When Lost: 06 Jun 2013
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N39 02.89
Longitude: W082 22.59
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Directions: 2.8 miles northwest of OH160 on OH124, then 2.7 miles left on Covered Bridge Rd. (TR4). Southwest of Wilksville.

Geer Mill or Humpback or Ponn's Bridge, Wilkesville, Vinton County, OH. Built 1874, lost to arson June 6, 2013.
Larry Cunningham Photo

Geer Mill or Humpback or Ponn's Bridge, Wilkesville, Vinton County, OH. Built 1874, lost to arson June 6, 2013.
Bill Eichelberger Photo, 1989

Geer Mill or Humpback or Ponn's Bridge, Wilkesville, Vinton County, OH. Built 1874, lost to arson June 6, 2013.
Jenn Caswell Photo, June 3, 2013

Comments:
18-panel truss. Bids for the bridge to replace Barnes Mills after the 1874 fire were accepted and the firm of Martin E. McGrath and Lyman Wells won for a bid of $1,898. The bridge was initially insured, as a result of the 1874 arson, but the insurance was dropped before long. The bridge was bypassed probably in the late 1990s. Successor to OH/35-82-13x. Although there were two support piers, the bridge was a single span with a large amount of camber (3 feet). The bridge was destroyed by arson June 6, 2013.

Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, June 2016
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, June 2010
The Commoner Journal, June 6, 2013
Travis, Dale. 'Ohio Covered Bridges List', updated to 25 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cboh.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Wood, Miriam. Ohio Covered Bridge Index, Vinton County
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 90-91, 110
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2009, page 84