Don't know either, Brian. Could be that back in the horse and buggy days, if a horse were to shy while crossing a bridge, the consequences might be less serious. Perhaps structural rotting would be lessened if protected from the weather.(???) IOW, good question. Thanks for your comments.
Jack --- On Sat, 10/18/08, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Covered Bridge > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 1:51 PM > Very nice, Jack. > > The covered bridge is an interesting design. I suppose > they must have > been constructed in other places but they seem (to me, > anyway) to be a > real American icon. I often wonder why they were covered. > Was it just > for shelter or was there some other reason? Covering > doesn't seem to be > a structural requirement. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:55:50 -0700 (PDT), "Jack > Davis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Last souvenir from yesterdays drive. > > This was taken at the South Yuba River state park, in > a settlement named > > Bridgeport. > > It's claimed that this bridge, built in 1862, is > the longest single span > > covered bridge (251') in the U. S.. > > I've shot a number of times over the years. From > both ends and down along > > the river, but it has never revealed its artistic side > to me. > > While this is 'prox a 40% crop, happily still > allows a more than decent > > detailed image. > > Taken from a convenient bridge crossing the Yuba > River. > > I love this camera/lens. > > > > Jack > > > > I welcome all comments > > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=337 > > > > K20D, DA 16~45, f/8, 1/500, ISO 200, hand held > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely > different… > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
