[Elecraft] Re: What is a covered bridge?

[Robert C. Abell]

Trevor,

A covered bridge is a wooden structure built across a river or creek 
with a roof and enclosed and/or partially enclosed sides used to give 
protection from the elements, usually snow or ice. These were fairly 
common here in Waterloo County during the 18 hundreds, built by the 
Amish and Mennonites who settled in this area and in Pennsylvania and 
the Eastern States in the USA.
There are still a few left and in daily use in this Ontario County. We 
live in "Mennonite" country here in Waterloo  Region where the farmers 
of that sect still farm in the old ways using horses to haul their 
equipment and buggies on the roads. They still stooke the grain by hand. 
Their houses do not connect to the hydro (electricity) grid, although 
they often generate their own electricity using gasoline or diesel 
generators.

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