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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Covered Bridge Exhibit

Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape exhibit is coming to the Preble County Historical Society, Eaton, Ohio in June for a 2 month stay. See website Covered Bridge Exhibit for more information. The OHBA Fall Bridge Tour will visit this exhibit on August 19th. Save the date.

An article about the Traveling Exhibition on Covered Bridges that looks at the "cute puppy" factor in historic technology may be found here . It also discusses to the Zoarville Fink Truss bridge.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Oak Knoll Park Bridge in need of Preservation

Photo: Todd Wilson 2007
The Oak Knoll Park bridge is on exhibit in a park in Massillon Ohio and from this recent photo is badly in need of repairs. This rare Howe truss is the oldest iron bridge in Ohio (1859).

Some good news. See the comment.