- Collection:
- Image Collection
- Title:
- Glass's Bridge
- Creator:
- Edwards, Jessica
- Publisher:
- LaGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1986
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Photograph collections--Georgia--Troup County
LaGrange (Ga.)--Social life and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, 33.03351, -85.02834
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Glass Covered Bridge build by Horace King's sons, George and John. Named after a local family, Glass's Bridge near West Point, Georgia, was the last major wooden bridge across the Chattahoochee River. The bridge was built in the 1890s by sons of freed slave and legendary area bridge builder Horace King, and continued to be used until 1956.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/17303
- Additional Rights Information:
- This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This image may be used in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required from the rights-holder (s) for educational use. For other use, permission must be granted by the Troup County Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
