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The Winterport Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the town centre of Winterport, Maine.The town was mainly developed in the mid-19th century, when it served as the main winter port for Bangor, and features a high concentration of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture.
The Penobscot River Bridge was a truss bridge between Bangor and Brewer, Maine. It was constructed by the American Bridge Company in 1902, with further construction in 1911 by the Boston Bridge Works. According to the Historic American Engineering Record, it was the last remaining Baltimore (Petit) through-truss bridge in Maine. [1]
Maine State Route 9 east of Bangor. Looking east to Lead Mountain along State Route 9. State Route 9 is a meandering highway that works its way from New Hampshire to Canada.It frequently runs concurrently with other highways listed below and also frequently changes direction.
The Penobscot Expedition Site is a submerged historic archaeological area in the waters of the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer, Maine.The area is the site of the abandonment and loss of many vessels in the disastrous 1779 Penobscot Expedition, an American Revolutionary War expedition in which the rebellious Americans lost an entire fleet of ships.
The Days Ferry Historic District encompasses a rural village that grew around a ferry crossing on the Kennebec River in what is now Woolwich, Maine.The village and ferry were on the main stage route between Bath and Wiscasset until the 1870s, and retains a concentration of well-preserved 18th and early 19th-century houses.
The Freeport Main Street Historic District encompasses a 1-2 block area of Main Street (U.S. Route 1) in Freeport, Maine.It extends from Grove and Holbrook Streets in the south to Mill and Nathan Nye Streets in the north, just south of the L. L. Bean complex.
It stretches north from the Frank J. Wood Bridge adjacent to Fort Andross and Brunswick Falls running south past Bowdoin College to Mere Point Road. [4] [2] Maine Street was originally called the "Twelve-Rod Road". A Rod is an Imperial unit equal to 16.5 feet (5.0 m) making the width of Maine Street equal to 198 feet (60 m). [4]