Eagle Mills - 1967
The 1967 Eagle Mills Covered Bridge was built by John Gasner. This 41-foot, single-span Town truss bridge crosses Kennyetto Creek, in Fulton County, New York. The Town lattice truss design was patented on January 28, 1820, and again in 1835 by Ithiel Town of New Haven, Connecticut. The Eagle Mills Covered Bridge is the only covered bridge still standing in Fulton County and is maintained by the owner. It is one of two (the other being the Frontenac-North Country Covered Bridge) covered bridges in the state with a double walkway.
The Eagle Mills Covered Bridge is located on the grounds of the Eagle Mills Cider Mill and Family Fun Park. It is a very unique place to visit and you might want to spend a little time here, especially during the fall season when they are pressing cider. However, the grounds had been recently purchased by a new owner and were closed to the public for construction while visiting it in 2023.
There is a 100-year-old Fitz Overshot Water Wheel that powers the cider mill, as well as an old-fashioned ice cream maker. The incredible array of belts, pulleys, and line shafts moves apples through the mill, up the apple elevator, through the grinder, and finally to an antique, knuckle joint cider press, where they are squeezed and blended to produce the famous Eagle Mills Cider.
The same waters of the Kennyetto Creek that power the water wheel also flow under the Eagle Mills Covered Bridge. When John Gasner built this bridge, he used lumber milled at local sawmills from area trees. The large under-span beams were recovered from the dismantling of an old Amsterdam, New York carpet mill. These massive beams, now serving as part of the Eagle Mills Covered Bridge, once held the weight of massive carpet looms from years past.
Located at: N43 04.80 W74 07.77 - WGCB #32-18-01
Photographed in May 2023