Blacksmith Shop - 1882
The Kenyon Covered Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges.
The Kenyon Bridge is located in a wooded rural setting, a short way east of Town House Road about 0.3 miles south of its junction with Center Road. It spans Mill Brook in a roughly east-west orientation. It is 96 feet long and 14.5 feet wide, with a roadbed 90 feet long and 13 feet wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge's multiple kingpost trusses are sheltered by a sheet metal roof, with vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28-panel sections between 29 posts.
The bridge was built-in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), a local builder well known for his bridges. Its historic name, Blacksmith Shop Bridge, derives from a shop nearby owned by blacksmith John Fellows. It underwent a major rehabilitation in 1963. It is now closed to vehicular traffic, but open to pedestrians.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Located at: N43 27.777 W72 21.205 - WGCB #29-10-01
Photographed in July of 2019.