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Description
The wooden trusses of the Tin Bridge, on the lower end of Main Street near the Hampden town line, collapsed on the evening of August 9, 1871, sending five cars down the embankment and killing the brakeman and one passenger.
About This Item
- Title: Tin Bridge Wreck, Bangor, 1871
- Creator: F. W. Hardy
- Creation Date: 1871-08-10
- Subject Date: 1871-08-10
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Stereograph
- Dimensions: 8.7 cm x 17.5 cm
- Collection: Vickery Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Railroads--Maine
- Railroad bridges--Maine--Bangor
- Railroad accidents--Maine--Bangor
- Bridges--Maine--Bangor
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- Bridge failures--Maine--Bangor
- Spectators--Maine--Bangor
- Railroad cars--Maine--Bangor
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Bangor Public Library145 Harlow Street, Bangor, ME 04401
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