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Carver's Falls, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-27x / NY-58-07x
County: Rutland County / Washington County
Township: Fair Haven - West Haven - Carver Falls
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Carver's Falls
Crosses: Poultney River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
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When Lost: 31 Mar 1940
Cause: Razed
Latitude: N43 37.45
Longitude: W073 18.16
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Directions: At an abandoned crossing between New York and Vermont north of Fair Haven at the West Haven town line.

Carver's Falls Bridge, Fair Haven - West Haven, Rutland County, VT - Dresden, Washington County, NY Razed 31 Mar 1940
Richard E. Roy Collection

Carver's Falls Bridge, Fair Haven - West Haven, Rutland County, VT - Dresden, Washington County, NY Razed 31 Mar 1940
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Carver's Falls Bridge, Fair Haven - West Haven, Rutland County, VT - Dresden, Washington County, NY Razed 31 Mar 1940
Richard Sanders Allen Collection, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Per The Newport Daily Express (Newport, VT), April 4, 1940, "The ancient covered bridge, roofed with slate, which spanned the Poultney river between Vermont and New York at Carver's Falls near Fairhaven was pushed from its abutments to ruin by an ice jam Sunday [March 31, 1940], after having weathered the elements for more than 100 years. Employees of the Central Vermont Public Service corporation set fire to the structure Monday afternoon [April 1, 1940] as it lay half shattered, in the ice pack, some 300 feet downstream from its foundations." It was intentionally burned so it wouldn't cause damage to a power plant and other structures downstream. Probable picture in Skenesboro Museum, Whitehall, NY.

Sources:
Allen, Richard Sanders. Old North Country Bridges, 1983, page 102
The Newport Daily Express (Newport, VT), April 4, 1940.
Rutland Herald of April 2, 1940
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Vermont Covered Bridges, 2004, pages 18-19

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