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Kim interviews engineer Sean James, Senior Vice President at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates in Manchester about the Town Truss. This lattice truss design was first patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and has since been regarded as one of the most significant developments in the history of covered bridges. Sean will explain why that is […] |
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Visit with Kim at the Fall Mountain Regional High School Fall and Holiday Craft & Artisan Fair on Saturday, November 5, 2022, from 9 am to 2 pm. Purchase signed copies of Covered Bridges of New Hampshire direct from the author as well as matted photographs, note cards, and novelty items. This event is a […] |
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Kim interviews architect Christopher Marston, project leader of the Historic American Engineering Record, and its National Covered Bridge Recording Project, through which over one hundred historic covered bridges were documented, including twelve in New Hampshire. |
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Kim interviews bridgewright Tim Andrews about the 1999 rehabilitation of the Ashuelot Bridge in Winchester. This project won the first Palladio Award for covered bridges in 2003. Tim shares details about the work and interesting things they uncovered during the project. |
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This event is POSTPONED. Due to the incoming weather, and that Kim is under the weather, this event is postponed. Stay tuned for information about a spring event with the Harris Center. In the meantime, Kim will be at the HSCC on November 30 and at the Hancock Library on December 15. Thank you! Covered […] |
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Visit with Kim at the ConVal Regional High School Fall and Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 19, 2022, from 9 am to 2 pm. Purchase signed copies of Covered Bridges of New Hampshire direct from the author as well as matted photographs and novelty items. This event is a fundraiser for the ConVal Class […] |
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Kim interviews engineer Bob Durfee of DuBois & King about bridgewright Peter Paddleford and his unique truss design. Learn why even though it was never patented, the Paddleford truss dominated covered bridge construction in northern New England for many years. Today there are only 22 Paddleford covered bridges left in New England. |
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Kim interviews two people who were instrumental in the 2021 rehabilitation of the Bement Bridge in Bradford. Town Administrator Karen Hambleton and engineer Josif Bicja from Hoyle Tanner share their experiences with the project and walk us through a $1.6 million renovation of an historic covered bridge. |
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Nestled in the southwest corner of the state, the Monadnock Region is home to seven covered bridges. Kim will present the rich histories of Winchester’s two bridges, the Ashuelot and the Coombs, as well as Swanzey’s four covered bridges, the Thompson, Slate, Carlton, and Sawyer’s Crossing. This event is hosted by the Historical Society of […] |
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The City of Rochester was once home to three covered bridges and there were at least eleven covered bridges in Strafford County. Join Kim as she talks about the history of these lost bridges and shares an overview of the remaining historic covered bridges in New Hampshire. Following the program, Kim will be available to […] |
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