"I will honor Christmas in my heart,
and try to keep it all the year."
~ Charles Dickens
~ 1812-1870
"A Christmas Carol"
~ published December 19, 1843
Bedecked in Christmas lights, the historic Wehr's Covered Bridge,
Orefield, Pennsylvania glows with the warmth of Christmas
on a December evening.
Wehr’s Covered Bridge
is an historic wooden covered bridge located in South Whitehall Township,
Pennsylvania. It is a three span, 117-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge, constructed
in 1841. It has horizontal siding and a gable roof. It crosses the Jordan Creek
and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The nearby
Wehr’s Dam was built in 1904.
