The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
The Cornish Bridge Company was chartered November 10, 1797. [1] On the morning of February 16 1824, the eastern part of the Cornish Bridge – on the Cornish side, opposite of Windsor – was swept away in the Connecticut River. [2]
In 1917, a Windsor resident, Frederick A. Fitts, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, at the November term of Sullivan County Court (located in Claremont) against the Cornish Toll Bridge Company, arguing that the tolls were illegal. Part of the public sentiment against tolls was influenced by a bridge at Ascutneyville, 10 miles north, newly re-built in 1908, made of steel and toll-free. The Ascutneyville bridge crosses the Connecticut River, connecting Claremont with Ascutney (an unincorporated part of Weathersfield). Before 1908, the Claremont Bridge Company had built and maintained a toll-bridge at Ascutneyville, Vermont, from 1839 until March 1904, when it was destroyed by freshet. [3]
The four bridge piers seen in the background are those of the New England Central Railroad Connecticut River Bridge #3.
The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
The Cornish Bridge Company was chartered November 10, 1797. [1] On the morning of February 16 1824, the eastern part of the Cornish Bridge – on the Cornish side, opposite of Windsor – was swept away in the Connecticut River. [2]
In 1917, a Windsor resident, Frederick A. Fitts, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, at the November term of Sullivan County Court (located in Claremont) against the Cornish Toll Bridge Company, arguing that the tolls were illegal. Part of the public sentiment against tolls was influenced by a bridge at Ascutneyville, 10 miles north, newly re-built in 1908, made of steel and toll-free. The Ascutneyville bridge crosses the Connecticut River, connecting Claremont with Ascutney (an unincorporated part of Weathersfield). Before 1908, the Claremont Bridge Company had built and maintained a toll-bridge at Ascutneyville, Vermont, from 1839 until March 1904, when it was destroyed by freshet. [3]
The four bridge piers seen in the background are those of the New England Central Railroad Connecticut River Bridge #3.