James C. Carpenter was an American

covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

builder in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is known to have built nine covered bridges, five of which still exist. Two of his bridges,

Herr's Mill Covered Bridge The Herr's Mill Covered Bridge was a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is also sometimes known as Soudersburg Bridge. The bridge had a double span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses desig ...

and Colemanville Covered Bridge, are among the longest covered bridges remaining in the county. Only Elias McMellen is known to have built more covered bridges in the county, including a rebuild of

Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge The Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge or Sporting Hill Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Chiques #1 B ...

and Leaman's Place Covered Bridge, both originally built by James C. Carpenter. * Leaman's Place Covered Bridge (built in 1845) * Colemanville Covered Bridge (built in 1856) *

(built in 1857) *

(rebuilt in 1875) * Neff's Mill Covered Bridge (rebuilt in 1875) * Siegrist's Mill Covered Bridge (built in 1885, destroyed in 2011)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, James C. American bridge engineers 19th-century American engineers People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Year of death missing Year of birth missing