Contributed by Westport Island History Committee
Description
Featured speaker State Senator Edward B. Denny Jr. addressed those who turned out to celebrate the opening of the causeway to Westport Island.
This view is from from the Wiscasset side of the new roadway looking towards the island. Newspapers reported that 400-500 people participated in this celebration.
Sen. Denny worked with Westport advocates for the causeway and championed the authorization of a Westport-Wiscasset Bridge Commission in the Maine Legislature to build a causeway with a self-financing toll between the two towns. The Governor appointed Denny as Chairman of a five-man Commission with representatives from Westport and Wiscasset.
About This Item
- Title: Dedicating the Westport-Wiscasset causeway, 1950
- Creation Date: 1950-06-25
- Subject Date: 1950-06-25
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Locations:
- Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
- Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 25.5 cm
- Local Code: CromEdw.Photo.24.1950
- Collection: Edwin Cromwell Family Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bridges--Maine--Westport Island
- Bridges--Maine--Wiscasset
- Causeways--Maine--Westport Island
- Causeways--Maine--Wiscasset
- Dedications--Maine--Westport Island
- Dedications--Maine--Wiscasset
- Westport Island (Me.)
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For more information about this item, contact:
Westport Island History Committee6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
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