- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Meriwether County
Covered bridges--Georgia--Meriwether County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, 33.04066, -84.68831
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located on Covered Bridge Rd., east of Edmon off Ga. 85 between Gay and Woodbury
Text of marker: "Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge. This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge's web of planks crisscrossing at 45- to 60-degree angles are fastened at each intersection with a total of approximately 2,500 wooden pegs, or trunnels. Although King is credited with the construction of many covered bridges throughout west Georgia, this is his only surviving bridge of this design. At 391 feet, including the approaches, this structure is the oldest and longest wooden covered bridge in Georgia. 2001.19 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, Meriwether Historical Society, Gay Co-op Club and the Meriwether County Commission 99-2" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_red-oak-creek-covered-bridge
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_red-oak-creek-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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