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A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a bridge in the mid to late 1800s.
The bridge was built about 1844 by John W. Smith, [3] and is the state's only surviving example of a Howe truss in timber on a public roadway. It is also a comparatively early example of the truss type in general; the Howe truss was patented in 1840. It is furthermore the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge in the town of Stowe. [2]
That same year, the two men formed a bridge-building firm, Boody, Stone & Co., [10] which erected a large number of Howe truss bridges throughout New England. [8] Howe made additional improvements, and patented a second Howe truss design in 1846. [2] William Howe suffered a severe carriage accident and died on September 19, 1852.
The Burkeville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Main Poland Road over the South River in Conway, Massachusetts.Probably built in 1870, it is a regionally rare example of a multiple kingrod bridge with iron tensioning verticals (a modified Howe truss system), and one of a few 19th century covered bridges to survive in Massachusetts.
Built of timber, the Howe truss was 150 feet (45.7 m) long with a width of 22 feet (6.7 m). It was measured to be 29.5 feet (9.0 m) tall. [ 4 ] The structure was a standard design, free from embellishments, of the Milwaukee Road . [ 3 ]
Rexleigh Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over the Batten Kill in Washington County, New York.It is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.. Town and Howe truss designs were patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and William Howe in 1840, respectively. [2]
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It is located about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) west of the Shoreham-Depot Road, and is accessible on foot via the former railroad right-of-way, now (along with the bridge) a state-owned property. It is a single-span Howe truss structure, 109 feet (33 m) in length, and set on dry-laid stone abutments faced in concrete.