Sachs Covered Bridge
LANDMARK PROFILE
- Also Known As:
- Adams County Bridge No. 1
- PA State Bridge #8 (according to The Gettysburg Times on January 17, 1952)
- Sauck's Covered Bridge
- Sauches Covered Bridge (1863)
- Waterworks Bridge (1894-1913)
- Proper Pronounciation: Sachs is pronounced: SOX
- Battlefield: Near Gettysburg National Military Park
- Current Owner: Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association
- Previously: Adams County Historical Society
- Location (Construction Period): on the road from Gettysburg to Nunemaker's Mill
- Location (Modern): Waterworks Road, near Pumping Station Road, Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Crosses: Lower Marsh Creek
- Map Coordinates: 39°47'51" N, 77°16'34" W
- Admission: Free
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places: August 25, 1980
- Special Recognition: Designated Pennsylvania's "most historic bridge" in 1938
- Built: Circa 1852 / 1854
- Type: Wooden "Town" Lattice Truss Single Span Covered Bridge
- Construction:
- Wood Types: Oak & Pine
- Bridge Length: 101 feet, 3 inches
- Roadway Width: 15 feet 4 inches
- Span: 95 feet, 8 inches
- Inside Clearance: 12 feet, 7 inches
- Structural Elements: "Town" Lattice Truss Bridge; Using wooden beams "cris-crossed" to form a lattice
- Based on a design patented by Architect Ithiel Town of Connecticut.
- Style Elements: It was originally "Covered" or clad with German siding and a metal roof.
- Architect: David S. Stoner
- 1852 Land Owned by: civilian John Pfoutz
- Cost to Build in 1854: $1,544.00 USD
- Historic Construction Contract Report:
- County commissioners are soliciting sealed bids for a "wooden bridge, latticed and roofed, over Marsh-creek, where the road leading from Gettysburg to Nunemaker's Mill crosses said Creek." - December 15, 1851 issue, The Adams Sentinel
- Land Surrounding Bridge Purchased in 1861 by: John Sachs (including 223 acres)
- Owner in 1863: Adams County Commissioners
- Historic Crossings During the Gettysburg Campaign:
- On July 1, 1863, the bridge was crossed by the two brigades of the I Corps of the Union Army heading towards Gettysburg.
- Sickle's Union Army III Corps crossed the bridge, heading to the Black Horse Tavern on July 1st.
- The majority of General Lee's Confederate Army retreated across the bridge after the battle ended.
- Closed to Automobile Traffic: 1968
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places: August 25, 1980 #80003395
- Reconstructed: 1996-97
- A foot of rain felt on the night of June 19, 1996, the flooding lifted the bridge off its abutments and washed it downstream 100 yards. The bridge was restored by Adams County using over 75% of its original structure. During it's rehabilitation, the truss structure was supported by steel beams, and raised about 3 feet to relieve future flood water issues.
- Bridge Rededicated: July 21, 1997
citation information
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Article Title: | Sachs Covered Bridge (Gettysburg) |
Authors: | ★ CivilWarTalk |
Website Name: | CivilWarTalk.com |
URL: | https://civilwartalk.com/threads/sachs-covered-bridge-gettysburg.184622/ |
Publisher: | CivilWarTalk, LLC |
Original Published Date: | June 2, 2021 |
links to state and national monuments, and nearby landmarks
Located at Gettysburg National Military Park, in Adams County, Pennsylvania (rev.6/1/21)
National Monuments | Eternal Light Peace Memorial ★ Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial ★ High Water Mark Lincoln Speech Memorial ★ Soldiers' National Monument |
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Individual & Commemorative Monuments | Equestrian Monuments: ★ Hancock ★ Howard ★ Lee ★ Longstreet ★ Meade ★ Reynolds ★ Sedgwick ★ Slocum Standing Bronze Statues: ★ Barlow ★ Buford ★ Burns ★ Father Corby ★ Crawford ★ Doubleday ★ Geary ★ Gibbon ★ Greene ★ Hays ★ Humphreys ★ Robinson ★ Wadsworth ★ Warren ★ Webb ★ Wells Other Individual Monuments: ★ Armistead ★ Chapman ★ Collis ★ Cushing ★ Fuller ★ Rev. Howell ★ Humiston ★ Merwin ★ Nicholson ★ Sickles ★ Taylor ★ Vincent ★ Ward ★ Weed & Hazlett ★ Willard ★ Woolson ★ Zook |
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Landmarks | Black Horse Tavern ★ Cashtown Inn ★ Dobbin House ★ Evergreen Cemetery ★ Jennie Wade House ★ Lutheran Theological Seminary ★ McAllister's Mill ★ Railroad Station ★ Sachs Covered Bridge ★ Thompson House ★ David Wills House Farms: ★ Codori ★ Bliss ★ Brian ★ Daniel Schaefer ★ Hummelbaugh ★ Klingle ★ Lady ★ Leister ★ McLean ★ McPherson ★ Rogers ★ Rose ★ Rummel ★ Sherfy ★ Slyder ★ Snyder ★ Taney ★ Trostle ★ George Weikert ★ Wentz |
Points of Interest | New Museum & Visitor Center ★ Benner's Hill ★ Cemetery Hill ★ Copse of Trees ★ Culp's Hill ★ Devil's Den ★ Peach Orchard ★ Little Round Top ★ Big Round Top ★ Sachs Covered Bridge ★ Spangler's Spring ★ East Cavalry Field ★ Soldiers' National Cemetery ★ National Cemetery Annex Gone But Not Forgotten: Old Museum, Visitor Center, & Electric Map ★ Old Cyclorama ★ National Tower |
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