Elizabeth Lucille Ackley Carroll, a Descendant of Joshua Ackley, Builder of Ackley Covered Bridge

Summary

The Ackley Covered Bridge, built in 1832 on land owned by Joshua Ackley, spanned a branch of Wheeling Creek in southwestern Pennsylvania. By the mid-1930s the wooden bridge had outlived its usefulness.The granddaughter of Joshua Ackley, then named Elizabeth Evans, purchased the bridge and offered it to Henry Ford for his Greenfield Village.

The Ackley Covered Bridge, built in 1832 on land owned by Joshua Ackley, spanned a branch of Wheeling Creek in southwestern Pennsylvania. By the mid-1930s the wooden bridge had outlived its usefulness.The granddaughter of Joshua Ackley, then named Elizabeth Evans, purchased the bridge and offered it to Henry Ford for his Greenfield Village.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

24 June 1938

Subject Date

1938

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department 

Creator Notes

Original photographer is unidentified. Copied by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department.

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.23488

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.00 in

Width: 8.00 in

Ackley Covered Bridge

Details

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