View of Butler from 1875

 

 

Covered Bridge Across the Licking River, Butler
Thanks! for this image to Ronald L Dunn

 

  

Views of the New Bridge at Butler
"Published by Ducker's Pharmacy, Butler"

 

The 1904 Renovation

 

 

Licking River Bridge, Butler, Kentucky

 

The Licking River Bridge, circa 1934
The above two images are from the Library of Congress' American Memory Site, here
Mrs. Florence Drucker's Poem, The Old Covered Bridge, is here.  
A few short historical notes about the bridge are here.

 

Longest Covered Bridge in the World, Butler

Was it really the longest covered bridge in the world?  Find out here.

Flood and Ice on the Licking, Feb. 11, 1918

 

         

left, Low water mark on the Licking River
center & right, high water on the Licking River

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