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Chesterfield Public Library, Chesterfield Historical Society

& New Hampshire Humanities

bring you a virtual event with presenter, Glenn Knoblock.

"Covered Bridges of New Hampshire"

Tuesday, August 10 at 7 pm

Register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have trouble with your registration, call us at 603-363-4621.

Covered wooden bridges have been a vital part of the NH transportation network, dating back to the early 1800s. Given NH's myriad streams, brooks, and rivers, it's unsurprising that 400 covered bridges have been documented. Often viewed as quaint relics of a simpler past, they were technological marvels of their day. It may be native ingenuity and NH's woodworking tradition that account for the fact that a number of nationally-noted covered bridge truss designers were NH natives. Glenn Knoblock discusses covered bridge design and technology, and their designers, builders, and associated folklore.

Glenn Knoblock is an independent scholar and author of fifteen books and over 100 articles. He is also the author and historian on projects relating to Northern New England bridges, New Hampshire cemeteries, and brewing history, and African-American military history. Knoblock has served as the main military contributor to Harvard and Oxford University's landmark African-American Biography Project. He holds a BA in History from Bowling Green State University.

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