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The Erskine Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in West Alexander, Pennsylvania. It is designated as a historic bridge by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation . [ 2 ]
Robert Erskine (1735–1780) was a Scottish inventor and engineer who came to the British colonial Province of New Jersey in 1771 to run the ironworks at Ringwood, New Jersey. He subsequently became sympathetic to the movement for independence.
Erskine is served by Glasgow Airport, which is located 4 km south of the town. Old Greenock Road connects Erskine to the M8 motorway, the Erskine Bridge and Bishopton. The last tip at the northern side of the A726 road also connects to the Erskine Bridge which then connects onto the M898 motorway providing links for onward travel.
Legally, a city in Washington can be described primarily by its class. There are five classes of municipalities in Washington: first-class city, second-class city, town, unclassified city, and code city. First-class cities are the 10 cities with a population over 10,000 at the time of reorganization and operating under a home rule charter.
Erskine was an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia. See also List of ghost towns in West Virginia ...
The 1933 short story "The People's Choice" by Erskine Caldwell is set in Washington County, where the story's protagonist is a popular local politician elected again and again as the county's tax assessor. In 1992, the Pig Monument was erected in the county, near Oconee off of
Erskine's town festival is known as the Erskine Water Carnival and held in early June. The Erskine Fish, the concrete statue that is the world's largest northern pike and the town's principal tourist attraction, is on a lawn in a small park on the shore of Cameron Lake , just down the street from downtown Erskine.
Abingdon is a town in and the county seat [5] of Washington County, Virginia, United States, 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census. The town encompasses several historically significant sites and features a fine arts and crafts scene centered on the galleries and museums along Main Street.