- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Poole's Mill Covered Bridge historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Forsyth County
Covered bridges--Georgia--Forsyth County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Forsyth County, 34.22551, -84.12502
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Poole's Mill Park on Poole's Mill Rd. off Ga. 396
Text of marker: "Poole's Mill Covered Bridge. Cherokee Chief George Welch constructed a grist mill here on his extensive homeplace c. 1820. An uncovered bridge was later added. With the 1838 removal of the Cherokees, the land was sold to Jacob Scudder. Dr. M. L. Pool purchased it from Scudder's family in 1880. Abandoned in 1947, the mill burned in 1959. The original bridge washed away in 1899 and was replaced with the present 96-foot structure in 1901. Constructed in the Town lattice design by Bud Gentry, the bridge's web of planks crisscrossing at 45- to 60-degree angles are fastened with wood pegs, or trunnels, at each intersection. 2000.7 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and the Historical Society of Forsyth County, Inc. 58-2" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_pooles-mill-covered-bridge
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_pooles-mill-covered-bridge
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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