Keywords: Androscoggin River Bridge
Item 6558
North Bridge over the Androscoggin River, Lewiston, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 7630
View of Androscoggin River during flood, Lewiston,1896
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Phototransparency
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
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"… Bridge, Bangor, 1871Bangor Public Library Tin Bridge Wreck The Tin Bridge collapsed under the weight of an express mail train on August 9, 1871."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"… the boundaries of certain lands lying around the Androscoggin River listed in the Pejepscot Claim. This tribe was friendlier with the English, so…"
