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Old Iron Bridge, Bridge St., Westbrook, ca 1880

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Old Iron Bridge, Bridge St., Westbrook, ca 1880
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Description

This photograph depicts the old Iron Bridge in Westbrook as it looked about 1880. The bridge, which spans the Presumpscot river on Bridge Street, was a "Parker's wrought iron truss bridge" built at a cost of $5893.33 in 1871.

National Bridge Works Company, owned by Blodgett & Curry of Boston, built the bridge.

The large building to the right of the bridge in this photograph is the Westbrook Manufacturing Co.

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