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<div>I'd like to call your attention to a special program being
sponsored by the MIT Museum this Saturday. Please
feel free to forward to interested parties.</div>
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<div>Debbie Douglas</div>
<div>Curator of Science and Technology</div>
<div>MIT Museum</div>
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<div><b>Traditional Wooden Covered Bridge Construction</b></div>
<div>Saturday Dec. 4, 2004</div>
<div>2:00 - 3:00pm</div>
<div>MIT Museum (N52 - 2nd floor)</div>
<div>Free admission</div>
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<div><b>Arnold Graton, Jr.</b> will lead a special program on the
technology and craft of traditional covered bridge construction as
practiced by his New Hampshire family. Graton is a third
generation bridge builder and his family's wooden covered bridges can
be found all over the continental United States. Their story was
first told in the 1978 book<i> The Last of the Covered Bridge
Builders</i> written by Graton's grandfather and company founder
Milton Graton (1908-1994). Arnold will continue the story
to the present day. In conjunction with its exhibition on Swiss
bridge building, the MIT Museum is proud to present this rare
opportunity to learn about traditional covered bridge construction
(including hands-on activities) from a master New England
builder.</div>
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