Covered Wooden Bridge

[bore_butter]

this is Mt Zion wooden bridge 150 years old. i know there must have been plenty of muzzle loaders go across it
they rebuilt this bridge a couple years ago and it was the longest covered wooden bridge east of the Mississippi.
248 ft long
now some low lives burned it down. it was the pride of Washington County Ky.

 

[azmntman]

More kids growing up without dads. What a loss

 

[SDSmlf]

Someone I did business with in Harrodsburg was involved in the preservation effort. Remember it being a point of pride and a real passion of his. Doesn’t look like much of anything is left.

 

[D.Summers]

Heartbreaking...

 

[Rifleman1776]

Sad. But what does it have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

 

[bore_butter]

Sad. But what does it have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

probably nothing to do with loading but i know in it's 150yr history there have no doubt lots of muzzle loaders crossing that bridge.

 

[2 shots]

hope they catch em and hang em high

 

[andy52]

I don't have the words to describe how that makes me feel.

 

[Celticstoneman]

Sad. But what does it have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

You have to at least bend a little in the breeze or your brittleness will break you down!

 

[SDSmlf]

Sad. But what does it have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

Curmudgeonly comment. Many topics not about traditional muzzleloading on the forum, but rather time period of muzzleloaders. From original post.

Mt Zion wooden bridge 150 years old. i know there must have been plenty of muzzle loaders go across it

Maybe just outside of forum targeted timeframe, but still linked to traditional muzzleloaders. Hypothetical question for @Rifleman1776. What do Delrin ramrods have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Sad. But what does it have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

 

[GREENSWLDE]

It may just be a bit of Your History !!

 

[TFoley]

Like that man said, when he watched somebody throwing trash out of a car window. These people haven't yet figured out that there's no 'away'. It's all here, on the same planet. ALL our history is here to give cause for enjoyment or remembrance, to give us a place to either belong to, or to yearn for.

Destroying history like that is a huge middle finger to everybody who values this world that we all live in. I live mostly in UK, but I feel the pain and anguish of those for whom this old bridge meant part of their lives.

In the long run, it belonged to all of us.

And now it's gone.

It's a great shame, especially to those who destroyed it.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

There’s a covered bridge in Illinois I really love and have daydreamed about the pioneers crossing with their flintlocks...

 

[mooman76]

There’s a covered bridge in Illinois I really love and have daydreamed about the pioneers crossing with their flintlocks...

Where might that be. I'd love to see it.

 

[Critter Getter]

Madison County in Iowa ( the movie The Covered Bridges of Madison County filmed there) has seven historical covered bridges. One was burnt down a few years ago and rebuilt. Very expensive to rebuild and three people were caught and charged in its destruction. ..............and btw........I’m sure plenty of muzzleloader past through those bridges as well. (). Greg

 

[Keb]

There's one in Brown Co. Ohio near New Hope just off US68 between Georgetown & Mt. Orab that is closed to traffic.

 

[Eterry]

Curmudgeonly comment. Many topics not about traditional muzzleloading on the forum, but rather time period of muzzleloaders. From original post.

Maybe just outside of forum targeted timeframe, but still linked to traditional muzzleloaders. Hypothetical question for @Rifleman1776. What do Delrin ramrods have to do with traditional muzzleloading?

Money!

 

[Eterry]

It very well could be arson, but I've seen dragging iron start fires. A long chain fell off a trailer, catching on the rear and burned off several hundred acres. It happens.

Do they have any suspects or evidence? It's a sad thing.

 

[mooman76]

Lighting also could do the trick. Place I worked had a guard tower get stuck and caught fire.