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Van Tran Flat Bridge
Van Tran Flat Bridge, also known as the The Motts Flats Bridge and The Livingston Manor Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Willowemoc Creek in the town of Rockland, in Sullivan County, New York. The bridge was built in 1860 by John Davidson and features a Town lattice truss and a laminated arch system. The bridge was abandoned in 1972 and restored in 1984. The bridge is 103 feet long and leads to Livingston Manor Covered Bridge County Park. History The Van Tran Flat Bridge (originally named The Motts Flats Bridge and later referred to as The Livingston Manor Covered Bridge) was first constructed in 1860 by John Davidson to cross the Willowemoc Creek located in the town of Rockland, in Sullivan County, New York. The original bridge was and featured a town lattice truss. The bridge was constructed from timber and followed a similar design to other bridges in the Catskill region. The Van Tran Flat Bridge was constructed 5 years before the Beaverkill Covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willowemoc Creek
Willowemoc Creek is a tributary of Beaver Kill. It is a popular trout fishing stream near the Catskill Park in Sullivan County, New York.Francis, Austin M. , ''Catskill Rivers: Birthplace of American Fly Fishing,'' Nick Lyons Press (1983) Ch. 9. Course The Willowemoc is long,U.S. Geological Survey. ''National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.'The National Map accessed April 1, 2011 and flows almost directly west from a few miles due north of the hamlet of Willowemoc, through Livingston Manor to Roscoe, where it joins the Beaver Kill at the Junction Pool, noted for trout fishing. It has many tributaries that flow into it from both the north and south. Going from east to west, from the source to the outlet at the Beaver Kill, these are: Butternut Brook and Fir Brook; Fall Brook (at Willowemoc), Hunter Brook (from Hunter Lake), Mongaup Creek (at Debruce), Little Beaver Kill and Cattail Brook (at Livingston Manor), Bascom Brook, and Hazel Brook and Stewart Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mott
John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a lifelong honorary President. He helped found the World Student Christian Federation in 1895, the 1910 World Missionary Conference and the World Council of Churches in 1948. His best-known book, ''The Evangelization of the World in this Generation'', became a missionary slogan in the early 20th century. Biography Mott was born in Livingston Manor, New York, Sullivan County, New York on May 25, 1865, and his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridges In Sullivan County, New York
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, and the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge (dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese) is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
