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In observance of National Historic Preservation Month, the Brunswick Village Review Board is sponsoring a photo series in The Times Record highlighting some of Brunswick’s hidden gems — parts of the town’s built environment that are architecturally or historically important, even if their significance is not immediately obvious. First in the series is the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, designed and built in 1892 by the Roebling Co., whose most famous work was the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge was built to allow mill workers to cross the Androscoggin River to work at the woolen mill located in what is now Fort Andross. The bridge underwent major renovations in 1938 and 1950 and again in 2006, as the result of an extensive fundraising and organizational effort by citizens of Brunswick and Topsham. (Darren Fishell / The Times Record)
In observance of National Historic Preservation Month, the Brunswick Village Review Board is sponsoring a photo series in The Times Record highlighting some of Brunswick’s hidden gems — parts of the town’s built environment that are architecturally or historically important, even if their significance is not immediately obvious. First in the series is the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, designed and built in 1892 by the Roebling Co., whose most famous work was the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge was built to allow mill workers to cross the Androscoggin River to work at the woolen mill located in what is now Fort Andross. The bridge underwent major renovations in 1938 and 1950 and again in 2006, as the result of an extensive fundraising and organizational effort by citizens of Brunswick and Topsham. (Darren Fishell / The Times Record)


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