Old Rocks Bridge, East Haverhill, Massachusetts, Showing Rocks Village Toll House, circa 1910
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The first bridge across the Merrimack River at Rocks Village (near Haverhill), Massachusetts, opened in 1795. It was destroyed by a flood in 1818 and replaced with a second bridge ten years later. In 1873, a new iron swing span replaced the bridge's wood drawspan. These movable spans allowed the bridge to open for tall ships on the river.
The first bridge across the Merrimack River at Rocks Village (near Haverhill), Massachusetts, opened in 1795. It was destroyed by a flood in 1818 and replaced with a second bridge ten years later. In 1873, a new iron swing span replaced the bridge's wood drawspan. These movable spans allowed the bridge to open for tall ships on the river.
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Date Made
circa 1910
Subject Date
circa 1910
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
28.999.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.375 in
Inscriptions
front, handwritten across top: West Newbury Shore front, handwritten lower left corner: 1 OLD ROCKS Bridge. front, handwritten lower right corner: Tollhouse 2 back, handwritten in pencil: #1319 back, handwritten in ink over pencil: East Haverhill Mass, / Old Rocks Bridge / Tollhouse at Right Near house, back, handwritten in pencil: W.W. Taylor
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