Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Bridges across the Androscoggin, former riverside industrial areas, and the Barron Farm (later Daggett's Truck Farm) were viewed from Barron Hill. Downriver were Summer Street, the short bridge connecting Main Street to Mill Island, and the lower railroad bridge.
The short iron truss bridge over Granny Hole Stream, built in 1916, was disassembled and in 2018 awaited preservation and reuse on an appropriate site. The Great Flood of 1936 swept away the lower railroad bridge, but it was recovered. It is still in use in 2018, parallel to the Merrymeeting Bridge connecting the Route 196 by-pass and Route 1 in Brunswick.
Flagg’s Brickyard, which made most of the bricks used in the village, was in the area of Summer Street. Nearby was the Golden Pipeline, an area that overflowed in each flood or freshet and deposited logs carried downstream; the logs were then recovered and sold to the paper and pulp mills.
About This Item
- Title: Androscoggin River from Barron Hill, Topsham, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2008.19.115988
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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