The Town Truss with Sean James

from Covered Bridges of New Hampshire · host Kim Varney Chandler

Kim interviews engineer Sean James, Senior Vice President at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates in Manchester about the Town Truss. This lattice truss design was first patented by Ithiel Town in 1820 and has since been regarded as one of the most significant developments in the history of covered bridges. Sean will explain why that is and tell us about some of New Hampshire’s Town Truss Bridges.Links from the conversationHoyle, Tanner & AssociatesLinks for Covered Bridges of New HampshireCovered Bridges of New HampshirePhotos of the Ashuelot BridgePhotos of the Slate BridgePhotos of the Haverhill Bath BridgeSupport the show

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