110px|The Cogan House Covered Bridge
The Cogan House Covered Bridge is a Burr arch truss covered bridge over Larrys Creek in Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1877 and is 94 feet 2 inches (28.7 m) long. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and had a major restoration in 1998. The Cogan House bridge is named for the township and village of Cogan House. The covered bridge was constructed by a millwright who assembled the timber framework in a field next to the sawmill, before it was reassembled at the bridge site. It was the only bridge on Larrys Creek that survived the flood of June 1889, and one of only a handful that were left intact in the county. Although the bridge used to carry a steady flow of tannery and sawmill traffic, the clearcutting of the surrounding forests meant the end of those industries by the early 20th century. Since then much of the surrounding area has reverted to second growth forest, and the one-lane bridge is now on a dead end road in a remote valley with little traffic. (more...) Recently featured: Gillingham Football Club – Californication – Norwich Market Archive – By email – More featured articles... Read the rest of this article: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogan_House_Covered_Bridge> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1643: First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack on a winter garrison of Royalist infantry and cavalry. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alton> 1809: American physician Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first removal of an ovarian tumor. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_McDowell> 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces captured Nanjing in China and then began to commit numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, such as looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre> 1960: With Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt and installed Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen as the new Emperor. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Ethiopian_coup_attempt> 1981: Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: quonk (n): 1. Unwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio. 2. Audience chatter which disturbs the performer <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quonk> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: The best of ideas is hurt by uncritical acceptance and thrives on critical examination. --George Pólya <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_P%C3%B3lya> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-article-l Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
