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    Ticonic Bridge – Waterville/Winslow ME

    Date added: June 26, 2021; Modified: June 26, 2021

    The Ticonic bridge is a 575 Foot concrete and steel I beam structure that carries route 201 over the Kennebec River and connects Waterville and Winslow. The bridge was one of 26 bridges that were badly damaged or destroyed by… read more

    Lord Bridge

    Lord Bridge – Frankfort ME

    Date added: June 26, 2021; Modified: June 26, 2021

    The Lord Bridge is a 92 foot steel and concrete stringer bridge that carries the Loggin Rd. over Marsh Stream. It was one of 26 bridges badly damaged or destroyed by a 500 year flood in March 1936. A state… read more

    Rolling Brook Dam Bridge - Gardiner ME

    Rolling Brook Dam Bridge – Gardiner ME

    Date added: June 23, 2021; Modified: June 23, 2021

    Lower Rolling Dam bridge is a 29 foot concrete T-beam over the Rolling Dam Stream. It was one of 26 bridges that were badly damaged or destroyed by a 500 year flood in March 1936. A 1936 Annual Report by… read more

    Middle Bridge – Dresden ME

    Date added: June 14, 2021; Modified: June 14, 2021

    The Middle Bridge is 296 foot Warren (Riveted) Through Truss bridge that carries Route 197 (Patterson Road) over the Eastern River in Dresden Maine. The Middle Bridge was completed in 1936 to replace a previous bridge after the Flood of… read more

    Village Bridge – Detroit ME

    Date added: June 5, 2021; Modified: June 5, 2021

    The Village Bridge is 94 foot Warren pony truss bridge over East Branch Sebasticook River on ME 69/ME 220 in Detroit Maine. It was one of 26 bridges that were badly damaged or destroyed by a 500 year flood in… read more

    Foster Field Camp Co. 130 SP2 – Millinocket ME

    Date added: May 23, 2021; Modified: May 28, 2021

    CCC 130th Company Baxter State Park: Foster Field (Millinocket Maine) (June 1934 – October 1934) Excerpt from Schlenker, In The Public Interest: On June 1, 1934, the 130th Co. moved from Alfred to Baxter State Park and Mt. Katahdin. Field… read more

    Fort Knox Improvements – Prospect ME

    Date added: May 2, 2021; Modified: May 2, 2021

    Fort Knox is a massive granite fort built to protect the Penobscot river in the aftermath of the failure of the US to protect river towns and the valuable lumber trade from British depredations during the Revolution, the War of… read more

    School Construction and Repairs – Blue Hill ME

    Date added: November 18, 2014; Modified: March 18, 2021

    Annual town reports of 1933 and 1934 describe extensive work by Federal Agencies in repair of school facilities in this picturesque small coastal town. Until the construction of Consolidated School in 1939, most were the typical one- or two-room schools…. read more

    Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery – Orland ME

    Date added: February 24, 2021; Modified: February 24, 2021

    Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery was established in 1889 to raise and stock juvenile Atlantic salmon for Maine waters. Craig Brook currently supports two Atlantic salmon programs. [FWS.Gov] According to a 1937 CCC Yearbook, the Ellsworth-Bar Harbor Co 193, Camp… read more

    North Bridgton Village Street – Bridgton ME

    Date added: January 23, 2021; Modified: January 24, 2021

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) surfaced and replaced the sidewalks on Highland Road in Bridgton ME. According to a 1933 town report, on “Dec. 15 Fifty men to be employed on local CWA projects by next Saturday is the goal… read more

    Highland Road Improvements – Bridgton ME

    Date added: January 21, 2021; Modified: January 23, 2021

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) surfaced and replaced the sidewalks on Highland Road in Bridgton ME. According to a 1933 town report, on “Dec. 15 Fifty men to be employed on local CWA projects by next Saturday is the goal… read more

    Beddington CCC Camp Co 1127 P64 – Aurora ME

    Date added: January 20, 2021; Modified: January 20, 2021

    The current Deer Lake Campground in Township34 ME is the location for the Beddington CCC Camp. Excerpt from “Official Annual, 1937, Civilian Conservation Corps”: “On May 1935, a cadre of men from Bar Harbor moved into the woods, thirteen miles… read more

    Kerwin Brook CCC Camp – Wesley ME

    Date added: January 16, 2021; Modified: January 18, 2021

    The Civilian Conservation Corps built the Kerwin Brook CCC Camp in the unincorporated area T36 MD BPP, in the vicinity of Wesley ME. 160th Company Kerwin Brook Camp (Wesley, Maine) October 1939 – June 1942 Excerpt from “In The Public Interest… read more

    Bridgton CCC Camp Co. 1124 – Bridgton ME

    Date added: January 16, 2021; Modified: January 16, 2021

    The Civilian Conservation Corps built the Bridgton CCC Camp Co. 1124 in Bridgton ME. “History of the 1124th Company. Civilian Conservation Corps. On June 1st, 1935, Lt. J. L. Fearer arrived in Bridgton with a cadre of 23 men from the… read more

    Bridgton Academy – Bridgton ME

    Date added: December 24, 2020

    Bridgton Academy is an all-male college preparatory in Bridgton, Maine. Founded in 1808, the school sits at the northern tip of Long Lake in North Bridgton, Maine. The school has been NEASC accredited since 1934, making it one of the… read more