Bridges were important to the town of Bowdoinham. These accounts will help you to understand how much these bridges meant to the town.
Bowdoinham's unique cast-iron bridge as it appeared about 1930. The 144-foot, wooden-decked span was erected in 1895, and replaced about 1950. It is reported that only three cast-iron bridges were ever constructed in this country, and Bowdoinham's was the only one in Maine.
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