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Description
In 1920 construction began on the Memorial Bridge, which spanned the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Kittery, Maine. Construction was finished in 1923 and the bridge was dedicated on August 17, 1923. The Memorial Bridge was dedicated as a World War One monument. The Memorial Bridge was replaced in 2011.
Tug boats were used as a building platform for this bridge section and to navigate the structure to its destination.
About This Item
- Title: Memorial Bridge under construction, ca. 1922
- Creation Date: circa 1922
- Subject Date: circa 1922
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Locations:
- Kittery, York County, ME
- Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.4633
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bridge construction--Maine
- Bridge construction--New Hampshire
- Bridges--Maine
- Bridges--New Hampshire--Portsmouth
- Crowds
- Dedications--Maine
- Dedications--New Hampshire
- World War I Memorial Bridge (N.H. and Me.)
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