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Kennebec & Portland Railroad, Kennebec County

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Inventory Number: ME/19-06-03x
County: Kennebec County
Township: Augusta
Town/Village: Augusta
Bridge Name: Kennebec & Portland Railroad
Crosses: Kennebec River
Truss type: Burr deck
Spans: 4
Length: c700'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1857
Builder:
When Lost: 1870
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N44 19.15
Longitude: W069 46.28
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Comments: This was a few hundred feet upstream from the Kennebec bridge.

Kennebec & Portland Railroad Bridge, Augusta, Kennebec County, ME Built 1857 Flood 1870
Richard E. Roy Collection

Sources:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LIX, No. 1, Winter 2001, page 7
Conwill, Joseph D.. Images of America - Maine's Covered Bridges, 2003, page 49

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