Keywords: bridge failure
Item 12351
WPA work on Swinging Bridge, Brunswick, 1936
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1936 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print
Item 59557
Cargo truck accident, Strong, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: 1915-10-02 Location: Strong Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"Beedy, a successful bridge builder, designed a newfangled wire suspension bridge to withstand the Sandy River’s seasonal tantrums, and proposed a…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3
"Carl Stinchfield's “The Bridge that Changed the Map” recounts how a $5,000 suspension bridge drove a wedge between residents in 1856 and resulted in…"
