On the way to see all those apple blossoms I posted pictures of the other day, we noticed a few other things of interest, so here they are.
Just as you enter Clarksburg there is a small park at the river's edge. I suspect it's mainly a fishing access, but we pulled in and tried a few shots of the Beaver 'river through the trees.
This is the historic Black Bridge. I didn't even know it had a name. Built in 1923, it's called a bowstring or rainbow arch bridge, and was a common design after 1900. The overhead arch supports are relatively rare. Such bridges are increasingly rare, in part because traffic has increased wear and tear. Starting in 2017 this bridge was rehabilitated and a sidewalk on one side was added. I'm glad they repaired it rather than replacing it.
I have been unable to find any information on the name, but all the worthy local councilors who were in office at the time of the original construction, the 1990 repair and the recent rehabilitation are listed. There is no plaque giving any history.
Interesting bridge. Nice that it was able to be repaired.
ReplyDeleteGreat bridge and wonderful field. YOu do live in paradise.
ReplyDeleteThe hives and dandelion fields are visible here now too. Such a pretty time of year.
ReplyDeleteThe bridge is quite graceful.
ReplyDeleteAbout thirty years ago, I used to have bees and pigs. In midMay we would load the hives into the hatchback and put them in a small orchard about ten miles up the highway. In late summer I would help harvest apples, as well as clean the orchard. In payment I would get a couple of bushels of apples, and all the windfalls. We made cider with those, which we sold at the farmers market. The scrappy apples and pulp from the cider press then went to our swine.
ReplyDeleteI love that bridge too! Very classy and the history increases the beauty.
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful that the bridge was repaired rather than replaced. Unusual thses days.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with beehives in the back yard. One of the local beekeepers set up every spring and we got a box of honey in the fall for payment. My Dad ate a lot of honey.
Where I live there are many arch bridges along the Oregon coast. These type of bridges are beautiful in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful bridge, it's good that it was rehabilitated. There are two historic steel bridges in our county and the highway dept. won't repair them but, because they're historic, can't destroy them either -- I guess they hope the bridges will collapse.
ReplyDeleteWe have a beaver creek in our area and they are busy damming up all of it. The apple trees look healthy.
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