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The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

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Bangor Floods 1902 and 1976

Bangor-Brewer Covered Bridge

The three pictures below show the Bangor-Brewer toll bridge. The first one shows the bridge before the flood and the ice jam hit. The second picture is of the bridge during the flood. And the third and final picture of the Bangor-Brewer toll bridge shows the rebuilt bridge. Rather than rebuilding the whole bridge they simply replaced the missing parts with metal.

Bangor-Brewer covered bridge, ca. 1900

Bangor-Brewer covered bridge, ca. 1900

Covered bridge damage, Bangor, 1902

Covered bridge damage, Bangor, 1902

Old Toll Bridge, Bangor, 1907

Old Toll Bridge, Bangor, 1907

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