In 2004 Hurricane Ivan destroyed the king post bridge over the Van Campen Brook adjacent to the present woodworkers shop. An idea soon grew into an action plan to replace the bridge with a town lattice covered bridge. John Tauke, one of our Friday work crew volunteers, took over the planning and organized a Covered Bridge Tour  to show the other volunteers what it was all about. Soon the necessary timber gathering started and is still in progress. The first visible evidence of a project has started to take shape with the beginning of the stone foundations. Hopefully they can be finished before the freeze takes over later in the year.

John Tauke and Don Scott 9/26/2006	At the end of the day 09/26/2006	By October 8,2006 it grew to this	April 26,2008 laying construction base	April 2008 - Cribbing for bridge
The sawmill has been buzzing.	Can't you just see the bridge

By the arrival of spring 2008 most of the wood requirements for the bridge have been cut. A structure layout frame has been set in place and the volunteers are looking forward to completing this long term project.

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