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Kenyon Bridge

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Kenyon Bridge, Spanning Mill Brook, Town House Road, Cornish City (Sullivan County, New Hampshire)
Kenyon Bridge, Spanning Mill Brook, Town House Road, Cornish City (Sullivan County, New Hampshire)

The Kenyon Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Kenyon Bridge

Fuchy Road
03745
New Hampshire, United States
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Kenyon Bridge, Spanning Mill Brook, Town House Road, Cornish City (Sullivan County, New Hampshire)
Kenyon Bridge, Spanning Mill Brook, Town House Road, Cornish City (Sullivan County, New Hampshire)
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