Monday, December 15, 2008

The Casco Castle Years, Chapter 5, Photos of The Portland & Brunswick Street Railway and the Suspension Bridge

View of the Portland and Brunswick Street Railway building. The power house and trolley car barn built by Amos Gerald is now site of Freeport's Fire & Rescue building on Main Street. - The Dash, Historic House Series No. 9: Casco Castle and Amusement Park, February 2008, The Newsletter of Freeport Historical Society

Successively zoomed-in shots.

 


 

[1904] Cutting through 18 inches of snow.

Conductor Gallant and motorman Bryant.


Zoomed-in shot of Conductor Gallant and motorman Bryant.


Electric railway car with passengers.


Zoomed-in shot of electric railway car with passengers.

[1906] Several shots of the electric railway waiting platform.

 

 

Photos of the suspension bridge are at the bottom of this page.

Views from the electric railway.

Successively zoomed-in shots.

 

 


The original crew of the Portland & Brunswick Street Railway.


Zoomed-in shots of the original crew in left-to-right order.



 

 


 


 


 


[1904] Some snow.



Zoomed-in view of the previous photo.


Undated photo of a street railway car (trolley).


Zoomed-in view of the previous photo.


The suspension bridge that connected the castle grounds with the street railway. The bridge crosses Spar Creek. See also Bridgemeister.com


 



A view of the eastern end of the bridge.

Looking west to east across the bridge.

A view of the western end of the bridge.



From the postcard collection of David Denenberg. (as seen at Bridgemeister.com)

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