Description: Photograph identified as covered bridge #359 in Clermont County, Ohio, date unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00442
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Covered bridges;
Places: Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Covered Bridge at Snyderville." Ohio has a large number of covered bridges, falling second only to Pennsylvania in quantity. Within the state of Ohio, Fairfield County and Ashtabula County lead the state in containing the most original covered bridges. Most covered bridges in the U.S. were built between 1825 and 1875, with the first Ohio covered bridge built in 1829 in Eaton in Preble County. Bridges were covered to protect the structural wooden tresses from the elements, giving the bridges a longer life span of approximately 100 years as opposed to 20 years for an uncovered bridge. At one point in time, Ohio had approximately 3,500 covered bridges, but that number has diminished to approximately 138 covered bridges today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_006_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Bridges Ohio; Snyderville (Ohio)--History; Covered bridges--Ohio.
Places: Snyderville (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Parker Covered Bridge, located in Wyandot County, Ohio. The bridge was built in 1873 over the Sandusky River. It spans 182 feet across, and thanks to its crossed "X" design has withstood the area's normal rural traffic for over 100 years. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07766
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Covered bridges; Sandusky River; Photographers--Ohio; Wyandot County (Ohio)
Places: Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of a covered bridge over Deer Creek. The caption reads: "Covered Bridge North of Chillicothe on State Route 104." Ohio has a large number of covered bridges, falling second only to Pennsylvania in quantity. Within the state of Ohio, Fairfield County and Ashtabula County lead the state in containing the most original covered bridges. Most covered bridges in the U.S. were built between 1825 and 1875, with the first Ohio covered bridge built in 1829 in Eaton in Preble County. Bridges were covered to protect the structural wooden tresses from the elements, giving the bridges a longer life span of approximately 100 years as opposed to 20 years for an uncovered bridge. At one point in time, Ohio had approximately 3,500 covered bridges, but that number has diminished to approximately 138 covered bridges today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_005_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Covered Bridges Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Mill and covered bridge. Unable to give county." This could be the Beaver's Mill & Old Covered Bridge in Highland County, on Rocky Fork Creek. In the 1800's and the early 1900's, Highland County was home to at least six different water powered mills along the Rocky Fork, which were important centers in rural life for grinding flour, cutting lumber, carding wool, and weaving blankets. The 122 foot long truss Beaver Mill covered bridge was built in 1872 and torn down in 1955 for a new road project. Ohio has a large number of covered bridges, falling second only to Pennsylvania in quantity. Within the state of Ohio, Fairfield County and Ashtabula County lead the state in containing the most original covered bridges. Most covered bridges in the U.S. were built between 1825 and 1875, with the first Ohio covered bridge built in 1829 in Eaton in Preble County. Bridges were covered to protect the structural wooden tresses from the elements, giving the bridges a longer life span of approximately 100 years as opposed to 20 years for an uncovered bridge. At one point in time, Ohio had approximately 3,500 covered bridges, but that number has diminished to approximately 138 covered bridges today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_034_001
Subjects: Water mills--Ohio--History; Covered bridges--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A photograph of a covered bridge over Deer Creek, north of Chillicothe on State Route 104. A caption on the back reads "Bridge Over Deer Creek." Ohio has a large number of covered bridges, falling second only to Pennsylvania in quantity. Within the state of Ohio, Fairfield County and Ashtabula County lead the state in containing the most original covered bridges. Most covered bridges in the U.S. were built between 1825 and 1875, with the first Ohio covered bridge built in 1829 in Eaton in Preble County. Bridges were covered to protect the structural wooden tresses from the elements, giving the bridges a longer life span of approximately 100 years as opposed to 20 years for an uncovered bridge. At one point in time, Ohio had approximately 3, 500 covered bridges, but that number has diminished to approximately 138 covered bridges today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_001_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Bridges Ohio; Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Covered Bridges Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a covered bridge over a river in Ohio. In the foreground are two boys and a girl throwing stones from the riverbank. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_003
Subjects: Covered bridges--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads; "Located on one of the first improved roads in Ashtabula County. Privately built in 1832 by the Ashtabula-Trumbull County Turnpike Co." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_010_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Covered Bridges Ohio; Roads
Places: Rock Creek (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Culvert Bridge." Located in Stark County, Ohio the unincorporated community of Cairo is just north of the county seat, Canton. Named in honor of General John Stark, a hero of the American Revolution, Stark County was created on February 13, 1808. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_025_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Covered Bridges Ohio; Roads
Places: Cairo (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Culvert Bridge." Located in Stark County, Ohio, the unincorporated community of Cairo is just north of the county seat, Canton. Named in honor of General John Stark, a hero of the American Revolution, Stark County was created on February 13, 1808. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F16_005_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Covered Bridges Ohio; Roads
Places: Cairo (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Covered Bridge # 116, Guernsey County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00441
Subjects: Covered bridges; Children; Autumn; Winter; Nature; Photography--Ohio
Places: Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: A 1957 Chevrolet emerging from a covered bridge in Preble County, Ohio. There were approximately 29 covered bridges in the county. Over the years, some have been restored. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07610
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Covered bridges; Preble County (Ohio); Automobiles
Places: Preble County (Ohio)