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Westport Island History Committee

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Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Low’s bridge was built in 1857 in honor of Robert Low. This Bridge stood for 131 years until a flood took it out in 1987. It was re-built soon after."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… at Low’s Bridge, four at Sangerville, one foot bridge and four regular bridges at Guilford Village prior to the present structure."

Westbrook Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"1917Hubbard Free Library The Chelsea bridge collapsed in 1870. Then in 1874, the Ferry Service was established by the City of Hallowell and Kennebec…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"When the new Chelsea bridge was built, some big boats couldn't get through. So in time, the waterfront was used less and less."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… and weather delays as well as the State Street Bridge reconstruction project, completion was delayed until the spring of 1980."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… This complex, located near the modern-day bridge to Cushing at the end of Wadsworth Street, was a thriving business center."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… created a millpond, which backed up under the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a marble factory were built. <- Prev."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… the area of Broad Street and India Street, replacing decaying wharves; and the Dover Street Bridge between Boston and South Boston opened in 1805."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… Construction of the new Bradbury Bridge, Biddeford, 1921McArthur Public Library By 1910 Biddeford was the 4th largest city in Maine."

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Frank Bridges was president of the Swan’s Island telephone company, one of his many enterprises. Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Rumford Falls Bridge, the Rangeley Lakes Railroad bridge, and the Ridlonville bridge were washed away."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… Cary Fashion 1846 freshet Alonzo Raynes Penobscot Bridge illustration Market Hall Stricklands Block Stetson Block Anna Raynes Rufus Prince First…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… both coppies before me now." The store was by the Rail Road Bridge. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"Martin wrote, "Every available place on the bridges custom house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… and "were first seen promernading Kenduskeag bridge dressed in two suits made of red Thibot dress brown sock and red hoods." "They created a…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy Stories

"… a generational experience A Story by Carolyn Bridges My work as V.P. of nursing and patient care at Mercy Hospital A Story by Bette Neville…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… he had created 57 miles of roads, 17 granite bridges and two gate houses, all built with local granite."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… were the Congressional Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Philadelphia Mint, the largest contract that Hall Quarry ever had."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Hallowell-Chelsea bridge was also swept away and destroyed in not time at all. Ice jams of the river had tore walls off riverside buildings…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Arch Bridge, Vaughan Woods, Hallowell, ca. 1932Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Later, the Hallowell Light and Power Company…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… that Jacob had started on the property, built bridges modeled after famous bridges throughout the world, added shrubs and trees creating a virtual…"