- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Watson Mill Bridge, Spanning South Fork Broad River, Watson Mill Road, Watson Mill Bridge State Park, Comer, Madison County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- King, Washington W,
Town, Ithiel,
Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
King, Horace,
Godwin, John,
Thomas, Frances L,
King, Marshall,
King, George,
King, Ernest,
King, John T,
Edwards, Frank,
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Federal Highways Administration, sponsor - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Comer (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
covered bridges
transportation
Town lattice trusses
vehicular bridges - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Madison County, Comer, 34.06372, -83.12543
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 14 | Data Page(s): 10 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Significance: The Watson Mill Bridge is the longest of sixteen surviving covered bridges in the state of Georgia, and one of four surviving covered bridges attributed to Washington W. King, son of prominent bridge builder and former slave Horace King. The bridge has been restored as the focal point of the Watson Mill Bridge State Park.
Survey number: HAER GA-140
Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001147 - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA-140
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0914/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
