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Kentucky's Covered Bridges
Contributor(s): Laughlin, Robert W. M. (Author), Jurgensen, Melissa C. (Author)
ISBN: 0738544043     ISBN-13: 9780738544045
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2007
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Annotation: Kentucky is well recognized for bourbon, bluegrass, and the Kentucky Derby. When thinking of covered bridges, the commonwealth is not the state that readily comes to mind. Many of Kentuckys covered bridges were built by such men as Wernwag, Bower, Carothers, Day, Stone, and Long, but many of the names were never recorded or have been lost to time. Kentucky once was home to the longest single-span wooden bridge in the world and to a covered bridge through which a Civil War battle was fought. Time, arson, progress, neglect, and misguided maintenance have spelled the demise of the majority of these structures. Readers of this volume might be surprised to learn that Kentucky once claimed more than 700 timbered tunnels and that over 50 of these survived well into the 1950s. Equally surprising, the commonwealth is still home to 13 of these structures.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- Technology & Engineering | Civil - Bridges
Dewey: 624.218
LCCN: 2006936423
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.57" W x 9.24" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Kentucky
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:
Kentucky is well recognized for bourbon, bluegrass, and the Kentucky Derby. When thinking of covered bridges, the commonwealth is not the state that readily comes to mind. Many of Kentucky s covered bridges were built by such men as Wernwag, Bower, Carothers, Day, Stone, and Long, but many of the names were never recorded or have been lost to time. Kentucky once was home to the longest single-span wooden bridge in the world and to a covered bridge through which a Civil War battle was fought. Time, arson, progress, neglect, and misguided maintenance have spelled the demise of the majority of these structures. Readers of this volume might be surprised to learn that Kentucky once claimed more than 700 timbered tunnels and that over 50 of these survived well into the 1950s. Equally surprising, the commonwealth is still home to 13 of these structures."

Contributor Bio(s): Laughlin, Robert W. M.: - Robert W. M. Laughlin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a native of Frankfort. He graduated from Frankfort High School and the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning. Melissa C. Jurgensen is a Louisville native. She is a legal secretary, photographer, and the webmaster of KyCoveredBridges.org.