Wooden Treasures: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Figures. i

Introduction. 1

Early Bridges Across the Delaware. 9

America’s First Covered Bridges. 11

The Great Delaware River Covered Bridges. 19

The Great Freshet of 1841. 22

Changes on the Delaware River 29

Building Bridges Within Bucks County. 35

Ithiel Town: Bridge Pioneer 37

Bucks County’s Early Interior Covered Bridges. 40

Saving Bucks County’s Covered Bridges. 49

Bucks County’s Current Covered Bridges. 61

Cabin Run (1871) 63

Erwinna (1871) 66 

Frankenfield’s (1872) 69 

Knecht’s (1873) 72 

Loux's (1874) 75

Mood's (1874; 2008) 78 

Pine Valley (1843) 81 

Schofield Ford (1873;1997) 84 

Sheard's Mill 87 

South Perkasie (1832; Moved in 1958) 90 

Uhlerstown (1855) 95

Van Sant’s Bridge (1875) 98

The Lost Delaware River Bridges. 101

Center Bridge (1814 - 1923) 102 

Frenchtown (Alexandria) (1844 - 1933) 105

Lower Trenton (1806-1876) 108

Lumberville-Raven Rock (1855-1947) 112

Milford-Upper Black Eddy (1842-1933) 115

New Hope-Lambertville (1814-1903) 118

Point Pleasant-Byram (1855 - 1892) 122

Riegelsville (1837-1903) 124

Taylorsville (Washington’s Crossing) (1834-1903) 126

Upper Trenton or Calhoun Street Bridge (1861-1882) 129

Yardleyville-Wilburtha (1837 - 1903) 132

Bucks County’s Lost Covered Bridges. 135

Aqueduct (1848 - 1940) 136

Castle Valley (1835-1930) 138

Chain (or Wolf) (1832 - 1932) 140

Church Hill (1861-1937) 142

County Line – Line Lexington (1835 - 1936) 144

County Line - Telford (1849 - 1932) 146

Darrah's Mill (Unknown - 1930) 148

Finland (1861-1938) 150

Haupt's Mill (1872-1985) 152 

Holland Station (1838-1933) 154

Kintnersville (Demolished 1921) 156

Kratz's Mill (1848 - 1930) 158

Krout's Mill (Demolished 1938) 159

Mill Creek (1850 -1937) 160

Neely's Mill (1835-1935) 162

Newportville (1824-1865) 164 

North Branch (1843 - 1920) 165

Oakford (1849 - 1923) 167

Point Pleasant (1850-1922) 168

Randt's Mill (Demolished in 1925) 170

River Road (1878 - 1932) 172

Rufe's Mill (dates unknown) 174

Spring Garden Mill (1872 - 1955) 175

Steeley's or Branch Road (1843 - 1939) 177

Stover-Myers Mill (1857-1906) 179

Unionville (Demolished 1932) 180

Whitehall (1840 - 1924) 181

Worthington's Mill (1874 - 1954) 183

Appendix A. Location Maps. 185

Appendix B: Covered Bridge Names and Locations. 189

Bibliography. 191

Index. 197