Costco to Host Book Signing for Local New Jersey's Covered Bridges Author

MORGANVILLE, N.J. - April 14, 2014 - PRLog -- Glimpse scenes of the covered bridges of yesteryear in New Jersey’s Covered Bridges, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.  The book by local author Richard J. Garlipp Jr. displays more than 200 vintage images of the covered bridges that once dotted the New Jersey landscape.

In this pictorial history vintage images display the forty-five covered bridges that once crossed waterways in all corners of the New Jersey. Perhaps the most extraordinary examples of these wooden bridges were found along the western border, crossing the Delaware River into neighboring Pennsylvania. Author Richard J. Garlipp Jr. discusses how these bridges were feats of construction and engineering but were ultimately unable to prevent the inevitable fate of almost all the covered bridges of the state. The covered bridges vanished namely to ice, floods and fire as well as the development of new materials and technology.

Today, only one covered bridge survives in New Jersey. Modern images of the Green Sergeant’s covered bridge in Hunterdon County show how this bridge over the Wickecheoke Creek has stood the test of time. The preservation of existing bridges is another major focus of the book. Garlipp writes, “I hope the reader will become more aware of the plight of existing covered bridges and help in some way to save and preserve them.” New Jersey’s Covered Bridges showcases the rich transportation history of these structures and pictorially honors the lost ones.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

18 Route 9 North, Morganville NJ 07751

When: Saturday, April 26^th, 2014; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467120111/New-Jersey...).

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit http://www.arcadiapublishing.com.

New Jersey’s Covered Bridges

by Richard J. Garlipp Jr.

Images of America Series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: March 10,  2014