Re: [OM] A piece of history from Southern Illinois

[Bill Pearce]

Since covered bridges are found only in a few places, I suspect that 
whatever reasons for them relate to common practices in whatever country of 
origin of the original settlers of areas with covered bridges.

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From: Chris Barker
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:08 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] A piece of history from Southern Illinois

Thanks, Mike and Chuck.

Chris

On 13 Apr 2013, at 17:41, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Why were bridges built like that?
> To protect the wooden structure of the bride from the elements. (as
> someone has probably already pointed out :) )
> -- 

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