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- Rocks 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.
- 1828
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Rocks 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.
- Old Rocks Bridge Toll House and Buildings, Haverhill, Massachusetts, circa 1910 - This photograph shows the Rocks Village Toll House located near Haverhill, Massachusetts. Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many early bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. Workers at this toll house collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Old Rocks Bridge Toll House and Buildings, Haverhill, Massachusetts, circa 1910
This photograph shows the Rocks Village Toll House located near Haverhill, Massachusetts. Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many early bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. Workers at this toll house collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River.
- Ford V-8 Dump Truck Driving through a Covered Bridge, August 2, 1938 - Covered bridges were built across the United States throughout the 19th and into the early 20th centuries. Bridges provided important commercial and community connections, but constructing them required careful planning and a substantial investment of time, labor, and materials. Walls and a roof helped preserve these valuable structures by protecting the truss system and keeping structural timbers dry.
- August 02, 1938
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Ford V-8 Dump Truck Driving through a Covered Bridge, August 2, 1938
Covered bridges were built across the United States throughout the 19th and into the early 20th centuries. Bridges provided important commercial and community connections, but constructing them required careful planning and a substantial investment of time, labor, and materials. Walls and a roof helped preserve these valuable structures by protecting the truss system and keeping structural timbers dry.
- Map and Directions to the Kelley Homestead, Andover, Connecticut, 1953 -
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Map and Directions to the Kelley Homestead, Andover, Connecticut, 1953
- Toll Rates Sign from the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Spanning the Mississippi River, 1868-1869 - Andrew Carnegie's Keystone Bridge Company built the first Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge in the late 1860s, which stood until 1915 when the threat of a competing bridge forced the owners to reconstruct the deteriorating structure. The toll rates provided the bridge owners with the money to perform maintenance and major repairs to ensure the safety of the structure.
- 1868-1869
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Toll Rates Sign from the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Spanning the Mississippi River, 1868-1869
Andrew Carnegie's Keystone Bridge Company built the first Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge in the late 1860s, which stood until 1915 when the threat of a competing bridge forced the owners to reconstruct the deteriorating structure. The toll rates provided the bridge owners with the money to perform maintenance and major repairs to ensure the safety of the structure.
- Old Rocks Bridge, East Haverhill, Massachusetts, Showing Rocks Village Toll House, circa 1910 - 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.
- circa 1910
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Old Rocks Bridge, East Haverhill, Massachusetts, Showing Rocks Village Toll House, circa 1910
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.
- Rocks Village Bridge Tollhouse on Its Original Site, Rocks Village, Haverill, Massachusetts - This photograph shows the Rocks Village Toll House located near Haverhill, Massachusetts. Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many early bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. Workers at this toll house collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River.
- circa 1890
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Rocks Village Bridge Tollhouse on Its Original Site, Rocks Village, Haverill, Massachusetts
This photograph shows the Rocks Village Toll House located near Haverhill, Massachusetts. Just as private ferry operators carried early travelers across rivers, many early bridges were built and operated as private businesses, and travelers paid tolls to cross them. Workers at this toll house collected fares for a bridge across the Merrimack River.
- Rocks Village Toll House in East Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1916 - 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.
- 1916
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Rocks Village Toll House in East Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1916
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.