LETTERS
to the Editor
A Lucky Find in the Great North of Canada Hi, John, It was interesting to read John Savastio’s two digging stories and what he found. It must be good timing about the Riker bottle, because I bought the same bottle but with its front and neck labels in a bottle auction lot here in the far great north in Canada. It did not have its stopper but I assume these were lost quite often after being discarded. When I first looked at it, I, too, thought it was a hair bottle due to the shape and color. Eventually it will return home, when I once again visit a bottle show. PS: We are the home of the longest covered bridge in the world! Stephen Dickinson Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada Editor’s note: See October’s AB&GC story “The COVID Bottles of 2020 Part 2.”
A Bridge to Canada’s Past Historical notes, edited by Ralph Finch Wikipedia reveals that “just off Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada, is by far the longest covered bridge extant in the world, at 390.75 meters long.” (1,282 feet). “Covered bridges date from the first decade of the 19th century when North American builders began using wooden trusses for long spans and covered them to prevent the truss joints from rotting. After 1840 the Howe truss, which introduced iron tension rods into the truss work, was widely adopted and New Brunswick erected numerous bridges using this technique, among them this one which was built in 1921, with the walkway being added in 1945.”
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Antique Bottle & Glass Collector
TOP: Stephen Dickinson's Riker's Septone Soap bottle, front and back. ABOVE: The world's longest covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick.
