Covered bridge
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A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden stru
The Cogan House Covered Bridge, Pennsylvania
Spreuer Bridge in Lucerne
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge in Philadelphia, the first documented covered bridge in America
Covered bridge in Macon, Georgia, 1877
Kapellbrücke
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The Kapellbrücke is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in co
Covered bridge
…Switzerland. They tend to be in isolated places, making them vulnerable to vandalism and arson. The oldest surviving truss bridge in the world is the Kapellbrücke in Switzerland, first built in the 1300s. Modern-style timber truss bridges were pioneered in Switzerland in the mid-1700s. Germany has 70 surviving…
The Kapellbrücke in Lucerne with its Wasserturm (water tower) seen in the middle.
One of the restored interior paintings; this one depicts a local slaying.
The 1993 fire damage is still evident in the reconstructed Kapellbrücke.
Painting by John Ruskin in 1861, Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour