Contributed by Bangor Public Library
Description
This is a view, after the flood of Thursday, March 20, 1902, from Bangor towards Brewer, of the railroad bridge (left), and the remains of the covered toll bridge that had crossed the Penobscot River. The Bangor end of the bridge is on the right. The railroad bridge was the first to be destroyed, then the toll bridge which was built in 1847 to replace the previous bridge which had been destroyed in 1846 by a similar freshet. Damage to the bridges was about $100,000.
Telephone, telegraph, water, and electric power were lost. Megaphones were mentioned as being used for communication across the river. Lumber was said to have been lost by Morse and Co, and Jordan Lumber. Logs were lost by Kathahdin Paper and Pulp Co. The bridges saved much of the lumber that was stored beside the river, so the loss was not as great as they anticipated.
About This Item
- Title: Covered bridge damage, Bangor, 1902
- Creation Date: 1902-03-20
- Subject Date: 1902-03-20
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15.3 cm x 20.2 cm
- Collection: Vickery Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Penobscot River (Me.)
- Floods--Maine--Bangor
- Railroad bridges--Maine--Bangor
- Toll bridges--Maine--Bangor
- Rivers--Maine
- Covered bridges--Maine--Bangor
- Bangor (Me.)--Flood, 1902
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