'Tourism, the Great Depression, and the Saga of the Southport, Maine, Thru-Truss, Swing Bridge, 1870-1980.'
To paraphrase an oft-quoted 1818 peroration by Daniel Webster (about Dartmouth College) “It is a small bridge, but there are those of us who love it.” Southport Island to the Boothbay Harbor mainland (Maine Bridge 2789), reflects not only the...
Source: boothbayregister.com