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Hemlock Bridge
Photos
Hemlock Bridge, South View Facing North By 340 Degrees
Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #224764
Description
One of only two Gothic-arched bridges on the Rockefeller carriage road system, Hemlock Bridge is one of eight major stone bridges on the "Around-the-Mountain" carriage road loop. The pointed arch design was chosen for its harmony with the pointed hemlock trees which surround the site. Like several of the other spans, Hemlock Bridge serves as a viewing platform, offering a splendid vista of Somes Sound and the Western Mountain mass.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Brick arch bridge over Maple Spring Brook on Jordan-Sargent Mountain Carriage Road
- Location
- Hancock County, Maine
- History
- Built 1924
- Builders
- - B.W. Candage & Sons of Seal Harbor, Maine
- Paul D. Simpson of Seal Harbor, Maine
- William Welles Bosworth of Marietta, Ohio
- Design
- Brick arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.33203, -68.28204 (decimal degrees)
44°19'55" N, 68°16'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/557239/4909002 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Southwest Harbor
- Inventory number
- BH 51203 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 1, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builders
- October 4, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Acadia National Park"
- February 6, 2012: Added by Jason Smith
Sources
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- HAER ME-34 - Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Maple Spring Brook on West Sargent Mountain Carriage Road, Northeast Harbor, Hancock County, ME
- Luke