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September 19, 1870
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
What is this article about?
Completion of a new, elegant railroad bridge across the Kennebec River in the city, replacing one destroyed by a freshet; praised for quality, safety, and as a symbol of public spirit and progress.
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THE NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE.
The new Railroad Bridge across the Kennebec in this city is now complete and ready for travel. It is an elegant structure of which we may justly feel proud. When we compare it with the old bridge, whose place it has taken, we involuntarily feel that the great freshet did us no harm in sweeping the old one away.
The materials and workmanship of the bridge are of the best and most substantial character, while its airy and lofty appearance as it springs from span to span and shore to shore is a delight to the observer. Bridging one of the most important rivers in the country, and becoming a part of the great direct highway of travel between the east and west, it is worthy of its position, and speaks grandly of the public spirit, liberality, and far-sightedness of the corporation to which it owes its existence. The traveling public must regard with pleasure this generous outlay for their safety, and our immediate citizens be gratified at the addition which is made to the attractions of our city, while the State may point to it with pride.
Few States can boast of a similar structure to equal it.
The new Railroad Bridge across the Kennebec in this city is now complete and ready for travel. It is an elegant structure of which we may justly feel proud. When we compare it with the old bridge, whose place it has taken, we involuntarily feel that the great freshet did us no harm in sweeping the old one away.
The materials and workmanship of the bridge are of the best and most substantial character, while its airy and lofty appearance as it springs from span to span and shore to shore is a delight to the observer. Bridging one of the most important rivers in the country, and becoming a part of the great direct highway of travel between the east and west, it is worthy of its position, and speaks grandly of the public spirit, liberality, and far-sightedness of the corporation to which it owes its existence. The traveling public must regard with pleasure this generous outlay for their safety, and our immediate citizens be gratified at the addition which is made to the attractions of our city, while the State may point to it with pride.
Few States can boast of a similar structure to equal it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Railroad Bridge
Kennebec River
Freshet
Infrastructure
Public Pride
Where did it happen?
Across The Kennebec In This City
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Location
Across The Kennebec In This City
Story Details
The new railroad bridge across the Kennebec is complete and ready for travel, an elegant and substantial structure replacing the old one swept away by a great freshet, worthy of its position on a major travel highway and a source of pride for the city and state.