Rocks Village Toll House in East Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1916
THF246099 / 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
Collection Title
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
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ArtifactRocks Village Toll House
Many early American bridges operated as private businesses. Travelers paid tolls to cross them. Tolls repaid construction costs, funded maintenance, and hopefully produced a profit for owners. Workers at this toll house, built in 1828, collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River at Rocks Village, Massachusetts. Henry Ford acquired the building in 1928 and moved it to Greenfield Village.