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Description
The pedestrian suspension bridge on the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham, often called the Swing Bridge or Swinging Bridge.
The A.J. Roebling Sons Co. of New Jersey built the bridge in 1892.
About This Item
- Title: Footbridge, Brunswick-Topsham, ca. 1895
- Creator: George W. Barnes
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1895
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Locations:
- Topsham Heights, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 21 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 390, Box 4/26
- Collection: Barnes family glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin Pedestrian Bridge (Brunswick, Me.)
- Bridge construction--Maine--Brunswick
- Bridge failures--Maine--Brunswick
- Pedestrian bridges--Maine--Brunswick
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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