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Crafts or Laundry, Orange County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-09-15x
County: Orange County
Township: Bradford
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Crafts or Laundry
Crosses: Waits River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 90'
Roadway Width:
Built:
Builder:
When Lost: 1939
Cause: Removed
Latitude: N44 02.00
Longitude: W072 11.74
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Directions: On Route 25 near the Corinth town line.

Crafts Bridge, Bradford, Orange County, VT
Richard E. Roy Collection

Crafts Bridge, Bradford, Orange County, VT
Louis B. Puffer Collection

Comments:
Per the Montpelier Evening Argus, September 23, 1938, "A covered bridge, a landmark known as Laundry bridge, often viewed by tourists, lost its roof which was carried 50 feet upstream." Per The Barre Daily Times, Septmeber 27, 1938, "The only covered bridge in town, known as the Craft bridge, had its roof taken off in the hurricane. This is one of the old landmarksin town but was soon to be torn down and replaced by a more modern bridge." The bridge was removed after the road was relocated.

Sources:
The Barre Daily Times, Septmeber 27, 1938
Montpelier Evening Argus, September 23, 1938.
Haskins, Harold W. A History of Bradford, Vermont. Littleton, NH: Printed by Courier Print., 1968, page 212.
Louis B. Puffer Photo Album
NSPCB Archives, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, Paper Files, Vermont Lists & Maps, Folder 1
Connecticut River Valley Covered Bridge Society. Bulletin, Spring 1966, page 5

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