Directly above Mile Marker 0.25, construction on Memorial Bridge officially started on May 24, 1948. Not long after, two American Bridge Company travelers were hoisting beams and girders into place from atop either end of the steel work. A trestle runs alongside the piers where cranes with clam-shell buckets excavated the river bottom, while a…
Modes of travel, By Dan Albert When one travels along the Kennebec River Rail trail, they will walk along a set of railroad tracks. These tracks are only a remnant of the years long past and of the different modes developed to move people and goods through the area. I will briefly cover this topic.…
Friends Of KRRT Meeting – February 6, 2017 Board Members present: Dan Albert, Bill Allen, Chris Cart Andy Hendrickson, Duane Scott, Brad Howard, Mark Young, Jen Cart Board of Supervisors The Supervisors are going to prepare a bid for fencing. We need to remove 2080 feet of wooden fencing, and install 610 feet of chain…
Friends Of KRRT Meeting – January 9, 2017 Board Members present: Dan Albert, Bill Allen, Chris Cart, Lesley Jones Andy Hendrickson, Sarah Dunckel, Duane Scott Brad Howard, Mark Young, Jen Cart Secretary’s Report The Board approved the minutes from our last meeting. We decided to post the minutes from our monthly meetings on the web…