Old+1954 Main Street and 1857+1990 Covered Bridges over Piscataquls River near Gilford, ME

Old Main: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter)

1954 Main: (Satellite)

Covered: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Bridges Now and Then posted
"Iron Bridge collapse, Guilford, Maine, 1954." (Guilford Historical Society)

The smokestacks imply that if these mills used hydro power, they were converted to steam power. (This view is from the current Main Street Bridge. I'm guessing from the age of the bridge that the girders are steel instead of concrete.)

I found this covered bridge while looking for the Gilford Bridge on a satellite map.

J. Stephen Conn Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
Lowe's Covered Bridge, Guilford, Maine
 This bridge, built in 1857, was washed away by the flood of April 1, 1987. A modern covered bridge, patterned after the original, was built on the original abutments in 1990. The bridge has a clear span of 120 feet [36.6m] over the Piscataquis River. It is located just off State Route 15 south of Guilford Village.

2016 photo by John Loxton via BridgeHunter

Julie Richard Nadeau, Jul 2024