A few months ago Lancaster County Timber Frames contracted with Frankoski Construction Company of East Orange, New Jersey to design, fabricate, and erect a tree canopy walk and tree house for the Kean University School of Environment Studies. The walkway is located in Oak Ridge, New Jersey, atop Mt. Paul, a former Catholic retreat and […]
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WORLD’S LONGEST FREE SPAN COVERED BRIDGE
For the past several months, our designers and craftsmen have been working on the reconstruction of the Old Blenheim Bridge. The original bridge had been built in 1855 and was destroyed in 2011 by flooding of the Schoharie Creek caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Until that event, it had been the world’s longest free span […]
Read More...The Speakman No. 2 Covered Bridge, and other News
Last week LCTF began rebuilding a covered bridge just south of Coatesville in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The bridge is also known as the Mary Ann Pyle Bridge and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Built in 1881 and measuring 75 in length, it is the twin of Speakman No. 1, […]
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