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Shushan Covered Bridge Museum Shushan, NY |
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The Shushan Covered Bridge was constructed in 1858 by the Stevens Brothers construction firm. It is a 161 foot span over the Battenkill River, using the Towne Lattice Truss design. The bridge was abandoned in 1962 and then opened as a museum in 1975. The museum now houses farm implements, medical equipment, machinery, kitchen equipment and other items dating to the 1980's. Also on the property is an old one-room schoolhouse which was used from 1852 to 1943. The inscription over the door reads "Five dollars fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk."
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The west end of the bridge is now closed off and no longer connects to the road. A modern highway bridge runs alongside.
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The Battenkill here is a favorite fishing spot with crystal clear water.
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Inside the bridge is a museum containing all sorts of machinery and articles from the 1800s. This is a working spinning wheel for making thread.
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These are medical machines, used to send electrical current through the body. In the 1800s this was thought to be beneficial and cure many things.
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Next to the entrance to the museum is this one room School House.
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The inside the School House is complete with desks, books and everything it had back when still in use.
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And last, but not least, behind the School House is the Outhouse!
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