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Contoocook Covered Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

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Summary

See also HAER NH-38 (Contoocook Railroad Bridge) for additional documentation.

Significance: The Contoocook Covered Bridge, a Long truss, carried the main road to Hopkinton until 1935 when it was demolished.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10

Survey number: HABS NH-21

Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1935 Demolished

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Date

1935 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Department of Architecture, University of New Hampshire, field team
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Location

West Hopkinton ,  43.23902, -71.66949
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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