Springfield, VT Pre-1920 RPPC - Cheshire and 49 similar items

Antique Real Photo Postcard, circa pre-1920. Identified as the Chesire Bridge in Springfield, Vermont. Divided back, AZO stampbox, writing on back but not postally used. Condition: This is an original photo postcard, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition. Comments: The first bridge at this location was completed in 1806 by the Cheshire Bridge Co. and was described as a Town lattice covered toll bridge, a wooden covered bridge. In 1897 the bridge was purchased by the Springfield Electric Railway. In 1906 the old bridge was replaced by the Iron Bridge Co., at a cost of US $65,000. It was a three-span steel Pratt truss bridge, which had a 600-foot span and a 20-foot-wide roadway. Vehicles ran both ways, and also freight and passenger cars. In 1930 the bridge was replaced by the McClintic-Marshall Co. of Pittsburgh, PA at a cost of US $225,000.