Bridgeport Chronicle-Union

On this site stood the original office of the Bridgeport Chronicle - Union newspaper. In 1880, while still publishing the "Bodie Chronicle", the Folger Brothers, Robert and Alex, started the "Bridgeport Union". The first number of the Bridgeport paper appeared ...

New River Bridge

Attack on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad

On May 10, 1864, the day after defeating Confederate forces in the bloody battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Union Gen. George Crook's Army of the Kanawha attacked and burned this railroad bridge over the New ...

Battle of Ratcliff's Bridge

On March 6, 1781 General Thomas Sumter with a force of 250 men was attacked by a British detachment commanded by Major Fraser about 3 miles northeast at the head of Stirrup Branch. In a running fight, the Gamecock retreated ...

W.D. Nixon Bridge

Named in 1982

in honor of

a dedicated public

servant and

ardent supporter of

the construction of

Richard B. Russell Dam

Member, S.C. House

1949 — 1953

Served also as

Chairman

Abbeville County Council

Mayor, Lowndesville

County Chairman

Democratic Party

Marker is on SC Highway 81.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fanning Springs Bridge

The Fanning Springs Bridge was built by the State of Florida.

In 1934 it was officially named the Benjamin Chaires Bridge in honor of a prominent pioneer settler of Dixie County.

Located 29 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Reconstruction of 1854 Covered Bridge

“THE OLDEST COVERED BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS” was ordered to be built in 1854. At a meeting in late 1853 the Sheffield Selectmen were directed to advertise for proposals. They were voted full power to move forward and make contracts, as ...

Campbell's Covered Bridge

A Tribute to Stella (1921-2004)

Many generations of area residents have treasured Campbell's Covered Bridge as a local icon and place to enjoy Beaverdam Creek on a hot day, meet neighbors while your corn is ground, or as a quiet place ...

Blenheim Bridge

Longest single span wooden

bridge in world. Built by

Blenheim Bridge Company,

Incorporated 1828. Last of

its kind in this region.

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 30 and Eastside Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 30.

Courtesy ...

Old Blenheim Bridge

Erected 1854 - 1855 by

Nicholas Montgomery Powers

Famous bridge builder

Born Pittsford, Vermont, August 30, 1817

Died Clarendon, Vermont, 1897

This bridge, 232 feet in length, the

longest covered single-span wooden

bridge in the world, was built for the

Blenheim Bridge Company, and was used

as a ...

Cooley's Bridge

Front: The original Cooley's Bridge, built across the Saluda River in 1835-36 to replace a ferry, stood about 150 yds. above the present bridge over S.C. Hwy. 247. It was built for Hiram Cooley (ca. 1796-1864), a cotton planter who ...