Keywords: Railroad Bridges
Item 19577
Danforth Railroad Bridge, 1907
Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: 1907 Location: Danforth Media: Postcard
Item 1049
Rebuilding the old railroad bridge, Norridgewock, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Norridgewock Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"A detailed description of these bridges is available as a separate exhibit. About a mile from the West Village on Route 27, on the way to New…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"Beedy, a successful bridge builder, designed a newfangled wire suspension bridge to withstand the Sandy River’s seasonal tantrums, and proposed a…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
