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14111Painting Bridges
  • Set
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
In July 2012, Seal Harbor, Maine photographer Howie Motenko conceived of a community art project utilizing the photographic technique of light painting on the historic stone bridges of Acadia National Park. His idea was to assemble a team of volunteers who, wielding flashlights, would “paint” a bridge with light while he creates a long-exposure photograph. For the next nine months, a growing cohort of co-artists journeyed at twilight to each bridge on Acadia’s 45-mile carriage road system. The project grew organically, with most of the volunteers hearing about it by word of mouth. By spring of 2013, stunning photographs of all 16 of Acadia’s historic bridges along with the two gatehouses had been completed with the help of 150 volunteers. An image gallery and blog about the project can be seen at www.paintingbridges.com.
Painting Bridges
Item:
  • 14111   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
Description:
In July 2012, Seal Harbor, Maine photographer Howie Motenko conceived of a community art project utilizing the photographic technique of light painting on the historic stone bridges of Acadia National Park. His idea was to assemble a team of volunteers who, wielding flashlights, would “paint” a bridge with light while he creates a long-exposure photograph. For the next nine months, a growing cohort of co-artists journeyed at twilight to each bridge on Acadia’s 45-mile carriage road system. The project grew organically, with most of the volunteers hearing about it by word of mouth. By spring of 2013, stunning photographs of all 16 of Acadia’s historic bridges along with the two gatehouses had been completed with the help of 150 volunteers. An image gallery and blog about the project can be seen at www.paintingbridges.com. [show more]
14983Islesford Boat Houses
  • Set
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Islesford Boat Houses
Item:
  • 14983   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
3498Bear Island Light
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
The Bear Island Light is located on the west end of Bear Island. It was originally established in 1839. The current structure dates to 1889. The Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 3498   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Bear Island Light is located on the west end of Bear Island. It was originally established in 1839. The current structure dates to 1889. The Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
3560Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Hancock County and Waldo County ME
The Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge was built in 1931. It was closed in 2006 and demolished in 2013
Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge
Item:
  • 3560   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Place:
  • Hancock County and Waldo County ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge was built in 1931. It was closed in 2006 and demolished in 2013
3581Duck Brook Motor Bridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service
  • Bar Harbor
The largest bridge that you've probably never seen on Mount Desert Island is the Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge. Ironically, anyone who drives the Park Loop Road, starting from the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, travels over the bridge (located here), but few people see the bridge itself. That's too bad since it is by far the longest and tallest bridge in the park. In fact, it's the largest continuous concrete arch deck bridge in the eastern United States. At 402' long (not counting the 65' approaches on each side) and having a center arch span of 95', it dwarfs every carriage road bridge in the park, the longest being Amphitheater at 245' and the tallest being Duck Brook at 43' (yes, there are two Duck Brook bridges, one for people and bikes, and this one for cars). An architectural drawing of the bridge indicates a height of 100' from the top of the 30" high parapet guardwall to the water below. So how does the largest road-related structure in Acadia National Park go unnoticed? There are three reasons. First, from above you might not realize you are driving over a bridge because the roadway and shoulders look much like other portions of the loop road. If you happen to park at the turnout located southeast of the bridge, then walk atop the bridge and look over the side, you only get a glimpse of the three stone arches. To really see them, you have to hike down to the brook, but there is no trail and the terrain is dangerously steep. Second, the only view from below is along the narrow and busy stretch of Route 3 between Sonogee and the Holiday Inn. At 40 mph, you wouldn't see the bridge even if you knew the exact instant when and where to look. Finally, from below, the bridge is almost entirely obscured in summer by deciduous trees growing in the deep ravine that the bridge spans. To see this magnificent structure which was constructed from 1950 to 1953 using granite from Hall Quarry in Somesville, you have to seek it out at the right time of year. The Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge is truly a hidden architectural and historical gem. John D. Rockefeller purchased the land for the Paradise Hill Road where the bridge is located, donated the land to to the park, and was involved in planning the road as early as 1934, but World War II and subsequent funding shortages delayed the start of construction. As many as 75 men were on the job at one time with total labor estimated at 92,000 hours. Total cost of the structure was $366,000 making it the most expensive road-related structure in the park at the time of its completion. George Soules - November 2015
Duck Brook Motor Bridge
Item:
  • 3581   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Library of Congress www.loc.gov/pictures/item/me0254
Description:
The largest bridge that you've probably never seen on Mount Desert Island is the Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge. Ironically, anyone who drives the Park Loop Road, starting from the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, travels over the bridge (located here), but few people see the bridge itself. That's too bad since it is by far the longest and tallest bridge in the park. In fact, it's the largest continuous concrete arch deck bridge in the eastern United States. At 402' long (not counting the 65' approaches on each side) and having a center arch span of 95', it dwarfs every carriage road bridge in the park, the longest being Amphitheater at 245' and the tallest being Duck Brook at 43' (yes, there are two Duck Brook bridges, one for people and bikes, and this one for cars). An architectural drawing of the bridge indicates a height of 100' from the top of the 30" high parapet guardwall to the water below. So how does the largest road-related structure in Acadia National Park go unnoticed? There are three reasons. First, from above you might not realize you are driving over a bridge because the roadway and shoulders look much like other portions of the loop road. If you happen to park at the turnout located southeast of the bridge, then walk atop the bridge and look over the side, you only get a glimpse of the three stone arches. To really see them, you have to hike down to the brook, but there is no trail and the terrain is dangerously steep. Second, the only view from below is along the narrow and busy stretch of Route 3 between Sonogee and the Holiday Inn. At 40 mph, you wouldn't see the bridge even if you knew the exact instant when and where to look. Finally, from below, the bridge is almost entirely obscured in summer by deciduous trees growing in the deep ravine that the bridge spans. To see this magnificent structure which was constructed from 1950 to 1953 using granite from Hall Quarry in Somesville, you have to seek it out at the right time of year. The Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge is truly a hidden architectural and historical gem. John D. Rockefeller purchased the land for the Paradise Hill Road where the bridge is located, donated the land to to the park, and was involved in planning the road as early as 1934, but World War II and subsequent funding shortages delayed the start of construction. As many as 75 men were on the job at one time with total labor estimated at 92,000 hours. Total cost of the structure was $366,000 making it the most expensive road-related structure in the park at the time of its completion. George Soules - November 2015 [show more]
3592Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
Item:
  • 3592   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
15612Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 15612   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
15859Clifton Dock
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • Circa 8 Clifton Dock Road
Clifton House hotel had been razed in 1939 and the Northeast Harbor Fleet purchased the dock for access to the water on the east side of town. They rebuilt the dock. “The new Clifton Dock was made an ‘official station’ of the Cruising Club of America and a fueling resource for boats of all kinds, and has had a marine supply store, which made it invaluable to yachts.” -"History of the Northeast Harbor Fleet" by Joseph L. Grant, published by Sawyer Cove Press, Seal Cove, ME, 2006, p. 85.
Clifton Dock
Item:
  • 15859   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Circa 8 Clifton Dock Road
Description:
Clifton House hotel had been razed in 1939 and the Northeast Harbor Fleet purchased the dock for access to the water on the east side of town. They rebuilt the dock. “The new Clifton Dock was made an ‘official station’ of the Cruising Club of America and a fueling resource for boats of all kinds, and has had a marine supply store, which made it invaluable to yachts.” -"History of the Northeast Harbor Fleet" by Joseph L. Grant, published by Sawyer Cove Press, Seal Cove, ME, 2006, p. 85. [show more]
14221Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Rockland ME
"ROCKLAND BREAKWATER LIGHTOUSE TO BE RAZED - The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it will demolish the unmanned lighthouse which has stood on the breakwater at the entrance to Rockland Harbor since the beginning of the century, but will retain a light tower there as an aid to navigation. The above photo was taken in 1904 when Captain Clifford Robbins of Southwest Harbor was the keeper. The lighthouse and keeper's dwelling were erected after the breakwater was completed in 1899. The 4300-foot breakwater, which protects Rockland Harbor from easterly storms, was eighteen years under construction and required 732,227 tons of stone for a barrier 65 feet high, 175 feet wide at the base and 45 feet at the top." Newspaper article – unknown source – circa 1963. The lighthouse was not demolished. Clifford M. Robbins, appointed keeper of the lighthouse on November 1, 1902, was born to Howard P. and Eliza Susan Tarr Robbins on February 23, 1880 in Tremont, Maine. Clifford married Pansy B. Lovering on December 26, 1899 in Tremont, Maine. Pansy was born in 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire. Clifford M. Robbins and his wife, Pansy B. Lovering Robbins both died in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1967. Clifford's father, Howard P. Robbins was also a lighthouse keeper there. “Howard P. Robbins, his son Cliff, Cliff’s wife Pansy, and their daughter Evelyn lived at the light on the breakwater. There was a stationery engine with a double 8 foot flywheel used to operate the compressor for the fog horn. Cliff taught Pansy to operate the engine so he could go scalloping in the winter. A Coast Guard inspector had to come out to inspect and be sure she was strong enough to operate it. One time her dress caught in the flywheel. She went head over heels. It didn’t hurt her any – she was young then and she was rugged and tough.” – Ralph Stanley – September 26, 2007 Rockland Breakwater is registered as a National Historic Place - 81000067
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse
Item:
  • 14221   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
"ROCKLAND BREAKWATER LIGHTOUSE TO BE RAZED - The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it will demolish the unmanned lighthouse which has stood on the breakwater at the entrance to Rockland Harbor since the beginning of the century, but will retain a light tower there as an aid to navigation. The above photo was taken in 1904 when Captain Clifford Robbins of Southwest Harbor was the keeper. The lighthouse and keeper's dwelling were erected after the breakwater was completed in 1899. The 4300-foot breakwater, which protects Rockland Harbor from easterly storms, was eighteen years under construction and required 732,227 tons of stone for a barrier 65 feet high, 175 feet wide at the base and 45 feet at the top." Newspaper article – unknown source – circa 1963. The lighthouse was not demolished. Clifford M. Robbins, appointed keeper of the lighthouse on November 1, 1902, was born to Howard P. and Eliza Susan Tarr Robbins on February 23, 1880 in Tremont, Maine. Clifford married Pansy B. Lovering on December 26, 1899 in Tremont, Maine. Pansy was born in 1881 in Concord, New Hampshire. Clifford M. Robbins and his wife, Pansy B. Lovering Robbins both died in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1967. Clifford's father, Howard P. Robbins was also a lighthouse keeper there. “Howard P. Robbins, his son Cliff, Cliff’s wife Pansy, and their daughter Evelyn lived at the light on the breakwater. There was a stationery engine with a double 8 foot flywheel used to operate the compressor for the fog horn. Cliff taught Pansy to operate the engine so he could go scalloping in the winter. A Coast Guard inspector had to come out to inspect and be sure she was strong enough to operate it. One time her dress caught in the flywheel. She went head over heels. It didn’t hurt her any – she was young then and she was rugged and tough.” – Ralph Stanley – September 26, 2007 Rockland Breakwater is registered as a National Historic Place - 81000067 [show more]
14234Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
  • Acadia National Park
Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge
Item:
  • 14234   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
14308Colton Estate Boat House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
Colton Estate Boat House
Item:
  • 14308   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
State:
  • ME
14393Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
Item:
  • 14393   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
15111Higgins Wharf
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Higgins Wharf
Item:
  • 15111   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
15219Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Gloucester MA
Eastern Point Light Station is located on a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Eastern Point Light Station was established in 1832. Following the arrival of the railroad in Gloucester in 1847 the fishing business exploded and the importance of Eastern Point Light increased. A new light tower replaced the poorly constructed original tower in 1848. American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived at Eastern Point Light in 1880. Homer's works depicting the scenery and everyday life of this maritime community are among his most famous. The third and present tower was built in 1890 on the masonry foundation of the 1832 tower. The 36-foot tall, conical brick tower is painted white. An enclosed passageway and covered walkway connect the tower to the two-story double keepers' quarters, which was built in 1879. Eastern Point Light Station consists of the 1890 tower, keepers' quarters, walkway, oil house and bell tower. Also located on the site is a secondary keeper's dwelling (1908), a radio beacon (1931) and a foghorn (1951)." - National Park Service, Maritime History of Massachusetts, Eastern Point Light Station, Accessed online 02/05/08; http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/maritime/ept.htm
Eastern Point Light Station, Gloucester
Item:
  • 15219   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Gloucester MA
State:
  • MA
Description:
Eastern Point Light Station is located on a rocky promontory overlooking Dog Bar Reef at the eastern entrance to Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Eastern Point Light Station was established in 1832. Following the arrival of the railroad in Gloucester in 1847 the fishing business exploded and the importance of Eastern Point Light increased. A new light tower replaced the poorly constructed original tower in 1848. American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived at Eastern Point Light in 1880. Homer's works depicting the scenery and everyday life of this maritime community are among his most famous. The third and present tower was built in 1890 on the masonry foundation of the 1832 tower. The 36-foot tall, conical brick tower is painted white. An enclosed passageway and covered walkway connect the tower to the two-story double keepers' quarters, which was built in 1879. Eastern Point Light Station consists of the 1890 tower, keepers' quarters, walkway, oil house and bell tower. Also located on the site is a secondary keeper's dwelling (1908), a radio beacon (1931) and a foghorn (1951)." - National Park Service, Maritime History of Massachusetts, Eastern Point Light Station, Accessed online 02/05/08; http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/maritime/ept.htm [show more]
15259The BoatHouse, Manset, Maine
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The BoatHouse, Manset, Maine
Item:
  • 15259   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
15330Pemaquid Light
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Pemaquid ME
Pemaquid Light
Item:
  • 15330   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Pemaquid ME
State:
  • ME
15339Ram Island Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Portland ME
Ram Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 15339   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Portland ME
State:
  • ME
15340Portland Head Light
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Portland ME
Portland Head Light
Item:
  • 15340   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Portland ME
State:
  • ME
15341Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Cobbossee Lake Lighthouse
Item:
  • 15341   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
State:
  • ME
13297Island House Dock and Slip
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Southwest Harbor
The mooring for Henry Rand's boat, "Lanita," was approached from here.
Island House Dock and Slip
Item:
  • 13297   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The mooring for Henry Rand's boat, "Lanita," was approached from here.
13302Steamship Wharf at Bernard
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Tremont, Bernard
Steamship Wharf at Bernard
Item:
  • 13302   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
13339Enoch Boynton Stanley Sr. House, Boat House, and Wharf
Lewis Gilley Stanley House and Wharf
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Enoch Boynton Stanley’s house and boathouse at Great Cranberry Island was the home of his son, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) after Enoch’s death. The property was purchased by artist John “Jack” Edward Heliker (1909-2000) in 1958 and shared with his companion Robert Lewis LaHotan (1927-2002) in 1988. The boathouse blew down in a storm in 1978. “The 19th-century boatsheds and outbuildings were converted over the years to studios, and both artists spent many of the most productive years of their lives regularly painting in Cranberry in the summers and teaching and painting in New York during the winters. Robert LaHotan spent the last two years of his life realizing his vision of turning the property into a residency program for artists on Cranberry. In 2003, the buildings passed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, Inc.” – Quote from the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation website.
Enoch Boynton Stanley Sr. House, Boat House, and Wharf
Lewis Gilley Stanley House and Wharf
Item:
  • 13339   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Description:
Enoch Boynton Stanley’s house and boathouse at Great Cranberry Island was the home of his son, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) after Enoch’s death. The property was purchased by artist John “Jack” Edward Heliker (1909-2000) in 1958 and shared with his companion Robert Lewis LaHotan (1927-2002) in 1988. The boathouse blew down in a storm in 1978. “The 19th-century boatsheds and outbuildings were converted over the years to studios, and both artists spent many of the most productive years of their lives regularly painting in Cranberry in the summers and teaching and painting in New York during the winters. Robert LaHotan spent the last two years of his life realizing his vision of turning the property into a residency program for artists on Cranberry. In 2003, the buildings passed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, Inc.” – Quote from the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation website. [show more]
13356P.W. Richardson & Son Wharf
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 5 Granville Road
P.W. Richardson & Son Wharf
Item:
  • 13356   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
13359Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf
Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory
A.J. Lawler Canning Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 15 - 17 Lawler Lane
Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf
Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory
A.J. Lawler Canning Factory
Item:
  • 13359   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 15 - 17 Lawler Lane
13367Clark and Parker Small Wharf
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark and Parker Small Wharf
Item:
  • 13367   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME