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Description
William A. Goodwin, a Portland civil engineer, originally planned an entrance to Deering Oaks Park at the corner of Portland and Grove Streets (now Park and Deering Avenues, respectively). He built a driveway over a sewer embankment that served as a retaining dam for the waters of Mill Pond. However, Goodwin’s plans were thwarted when the public, finding the driveway a handy shortcut, took to driving their carriages over the embankment.
Goodwin eventually planned a new entrance on State Street, where the granite gateway designed by Frederick Tompson in 1903 stands today.
William S. Edwards, who worked alongside William Goodwin, included this image in an album he compiled and titled the photograph, "Deering Oaks - Entrance Grove & Portland Str. Aug. 13, 1887."
About This Item
- Title: Portland and Grove Streets, with entrance to Deering Oaks, Portland, 1887
- Creator: William S. Edwards
- Creation Date: 1887-08-13
- Subject Date: 1887-08-13
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photgraphic print
- Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 18.4 cm
- Collection: Edwards Album
- Object Type: Image
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- buggies
- carriages
- cow
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- Deering Oaks
- Grove street
- meadow
- Mill Pond
- Oak groves
- oaks
- pond
- retaining wall
- sewer embankment
- sewer, Portland
- traffic, Portland
- trees, oak
For more information about this item, contact:
City of Portland - Planning & Development389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 756-8023
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Mill Pond, Deering Oaks Park, Portland, 1887
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Deering Oaks pond with neighboring slaughterhouse and tannery, Portland, 1887
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