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Item 20493

Mill Street damage during the 1987 flood

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1987-04-02 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Item 20480

Flood Scene, Brunswick, 1936

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936-03-20 Location: Brunswick Media: Postcard

Item 29304

Flood of 1896, Turner

Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Paddling into a flooded garage, Saco, 1936

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

Exhibit

High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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Brunswick-Topsham pedestrian bridge, ca. 1920

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.