Memorial Bridge, mile marker 0.25

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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

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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.…