Tom Quested, Former Rocks Village Bridge Toll House Keeper and Draw Tender, East Haverhill, Massachusetts
THF246113 / Tom Quested, Former Rocks Village Bridge Toll House Keeper and Draw Tender, East Haverhill, Massachusetts
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Artifact Overview
At left in this scene is Tom Quested, identified as a one-time toll collector at the Rocks Village Bridge near Haverhill, Massachusetts. Quested also operated the bridge's movable drawspan, which allowed tall ships on the Merrimack River to pass through it. In their spare time, some Rocks Village toll collectors made and repaired shoes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.2072
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 3.125 in
Width: 4.063 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.