Terre Haute Postcards - Honey Creek / Irishman's Bridge
More postcards from my collection...
Honey Creek / Irishman's Bridge
This unused postcard has the text...
Honey Creek Bridge
This bridge is over Honey Creek in Vigo County
and near Riley, Indiana. It was built in 1867and
is 75' long and 14' wide.
Photo by John V. Pontiere, Jr.
Estell Wholesale Co., 518 Arrowhead Dr., Seymour, Ind. 47274
Honey Creek / Irishman's Bridge
This unused postcard has the text...
Vigo County, Indiana
14-84-01 Irishman's Bridge, built in 1847 over
Honey Creek. Queen post truss. 75 feet long. Moved
to Fowler Park in 1971. The Vigo Historical Society
assisted by scouts raised the $6,000 to move the
bridge. Fowler Park now has a lake with recreation
facilities.
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Photo by Mitchell
Pub. by Floyd Mitchell, Bridgeton, Ind. 47836
Honey Creek / Irishman's Bridge
This unused postcard has the text...
Vigo County, Indiana
14-84-01 Irishman's Bridge. Located between
Riley and Terre Haute on old 25th Street Rd. Built
1847 over Honey Creek. Queen post truss 75 feet.
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Photo by Mitchell
Pub. by Floyd Mitchell, Bridgeton, Ind. 47836
Honey Creek / Irishman's Bridge
This unused postcard has the text...
Irishman's Covered Bridge
This bridge spans Honey Creek in Vigo County,
Indiana. It was built in 1845. Because of
floods extensive repairs were necessary in 1851.
It is one of two Indiana covered bridges
employing modified queen post truss construction.
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Photo by George E. Gould
Published by The Indiana Covered Bridge Society
Well, I had to have at least one postcard of a covered bridge in the collection and both Riley and Fowler Park are very close to Terre Haute. The bridge is also known as the Irishman Covered Bridge. It has a length of 75 feet, or 85 feet including the 5-foot overhang at each end, is 14 feet wide and 13 feet high. Built in about 1847 by C. W. Bishop, the bridge was moved to its current location in Fowler Park in 1972 where it crosses a section of a pond and is surrounded by period log structures. For more Indiana covered bridges see A Tour of Indiana Covered Bridges and Special Sights and the Indiana Covered Bridges List. The Indiana Covered Bridge Society has a great website.
This page created 6th September 2008, last modified 5th October 2008
