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.
73, Bob VE3XM
K2/100 S/N 04031
K2 S/N 02676
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