Philippi Covered Bridge, 1848/1999
- Containers:
- Box 150
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Kemp was the chief engineer for the restoration of the Philippi Covered Bridge in Philippi, West Virginia after it suffered damage from a 1989 fire. He worked with the Philippi Covered Bridge Restoration Committee, the West Virginia Division of Highways and Paul D. Marshall & Associates, Inc. Includes newsletters, clippings, programs from events, press releases, reports, engineering drawings, technical manuals, photographs, expense lists, meeting minutes and correspondence. Subjects include the bridge and its physical structure; its role in the Civil War; the bridge's designer, Lemuel Chenoweth; and a covered bridge in California (likely the Bridgeport Covered Bridge in Bridgeport). The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 6, Folder 4: fourteen engineering drawings (1938, 1989, and undated),three drawings (1861), and forty-six sheets of clippings (1989-1991).
Access and use
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
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