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=== Partridge truss === [[File:Partridge Truss.png|thumb|Partridge truss design]] Designed and patented in 1872 by [[Reuben Partridge]], after local bridge designs proved ineffective against road traffic and heavy rains.<ref name=Kennedy>Kennedy, Willella Shearer. "Heritage: Being Little Stories of Union County". ''Union County Historical Society'', Printed by The Marysville Journal Tribune. 1963. Pg. 48.</ref> It became the standard for [[covered bridge]]s built in central Ohio in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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