Rocks Village Toll House in East Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1916

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Artifact Overview

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 was built at the bridge's center. Iron trusses replaced wood trusses at the bridge's west and east ends in 1895 and 1914, respectively.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1916

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2065

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.688 in
Width: 4.313 in