Image: The Philippi Covered Bridge across the Tygart Valley River in Philippi, West Virginia LCCN2015631683
Description: Title: The Philippi Covered Bridge across the Tygart Valley River in Philippi, West Virginia Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; Built in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth, one of America's master covered bridge builders. Made of yellow poplar and incorporating the famous Burr Arch Truss, the 280.5 foot structure is the only remaining "double barreled" covered bridge serving a United States highway. On June 3, 1861, the bridge was etched in American history when it became the scene of the first land battle of the Civil War.; Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Title: The Philippi Covered Bridge across the Tygart Valley River in Philippi, West Virginia LCCN2015631683
Credit: Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2015631683 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/31600/31608a.tif Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.31608
Author: Carol M. Highsmith
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