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Description
Station Bridge from Cornish to West Baldwin during the floods of Spring, 1936. The house on the far right is seen to be flooded half way up the first floor. Frank Smith recalls that this house has been flooded many times in his memory, yet it still stands. The men on the bridge may have been carrying the mail from Cornish Post Office to Cornish Station. They did not dare put a vehicle on the bridge during the floods. Franks grandfather was the postman and said that when you walked across the bridge and logs and debris hit the bridge you could feel the whole structure shudder, which made them feel a bit apprehensive.
Source is a photo donated to the Cornish Historical Society
About This Item
- Title: Station Bridge during Floods of March 1936
- Creator: Unknown
- Creation Date: 1936
- Subject Date: 1936
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Locations:
- Cornish, York County, ME
- West Baldwin, Baldwin, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.1 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: B 19
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Station Bridge (Cornish, Me.)--Flood damage--Photographs
- Bridges--Maine--West Baldwin
- Bridges--Maine--Cornish
- Covered bridges--Maine--Cornish
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)--Photographs
- Covered bridges--Maine--West Baldwin
- Rivers--Maine
- Station Bridge (W. Baldwin, Me.)--Flood damage--Photographs
- Floods--Maine--Cornish
- Floods--Maine--West Baldwin
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- Cornish (Me.)
- Covered Bridges
- Description & views
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- Saco River (Cornish, Me.)
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- Transportation
- Weather & disasters
- West Baldwin (Me.)
For more information about this item, contact:
Cornish Historical SocietyHC 69, Box 79, Cornish, ME 04020
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