Bubble Pond Bridge, Spanning abandoned Motor Road on Bubble Pond Carriage Road, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Summary
Significance: Although John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had sought to have a relatively formal bridge constructed over the park motor road at Bubble Pond, his plans for the structure were rejected by the National Park Service. Despite the rejection, in a show of good will he paid for the alternate bridges designed by the National Park Service Landscape Engineering Division. Bubble Pond Bridge may be of solid masonry construction, making it unique among the carriage road bridges.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N345
Survey number: HAER ME-39
Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bosworth, William Welles
Hull, Daniel R
Vint, Thomas C
Simpson, Paul D
Rockefeller, John D
McKelvey, H G
Bureau of Public Roads
Borthwick, Pringle
Cammerer, Arno B
Medary, Milton B
Dorr, George B
Farrand, Beatrix
Wirth, Conrad L
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Incorporated
Quin, Richard H, historian
Borros, J Shannon, delineator
Location
Bar Harbor, 44.34980, -68.24125
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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