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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Trade and Manufactures of the Port of Bangor for the Year 1872
Get PDFProvides a brief history of Bangor to that point. The most compelling section of this, however, begins on page 13. This section is called Observation on the Foregoing. These paragraphs speak ill of those in banking and positions of wealth who will not engage themselves ... to any industrial undertaking for the benefit of anyone but themselves.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1359/thumbnail.jp
Back View of the Tin Bridge Wreck, Bangor, 1871
No full textWhen the mail train to Bangor hit the Tin Bridge on the evening of August 9, 1871 running fast, the old bridge--later found riddled with dry rot--collapsed. Five cars were sent off the tracks and down the embankment, and two people were killed. The next day, thousands of spectators began to arrive at the scene. This picture shows the back of the bridge, the fallen truss lying on the ground and the back of a carriage ripped open, as well as a selection of spectators.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1006/thumbnail.jp
Tin Bridge Train Wreck, 1871
No full textThe Tin Bridge train wreck causes the loss of two lives due to a defective bridge.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1004/thumbnail.jp
Tin Bridge Train Wreck, 1871.
No full textRotten wooden bridge supports lead to tragedy and loss of life.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1001/thumbnail.jp
Tin Bridge Train Wreck, 1871
No full textThe poorly maintained Tin Bridge fails and the Bangor Express plummets to tragedy.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1002/thumbnail.jp
Bangor House decorated for President Grant, Bangor, 1871
No full textThe Bangor House decorated for the visit of President Grant in October, 1871. Grant, his entourage, and the Governor General of Canada stayed overnight in the best rooms of the Bangor House, which is elaborately decorated with bunting, flags, and mottoes. Grant made a brief speech from the balcony as well as several other public remarks at receptions in his honor. Bangor was so thoroughly decorated that bunting had to be rented from Boston, and British flags borrowed from Canada. Businesses and private homes eagerly tried to out-do each other, and the celebrations were to culminate with an elaborate illumination along the streets--unfortunately, rain descended to douse lights, but not enthusiasm.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1014/thumbnail.jp
Grant Reception, Bangor, 1871
No full textPresident Ulysses S. Grant arrived with an entourage laden with the influential Maine men in late 1871 in a visit to open the railroad connecting Maine to Canada and thence a steamer line to Europe. The railroad was a significant undertaking, much lauded and full of great expectations in spite of its $4.5 million cost.
Grant made several small stops at receptions along the rail line to Bangor, and once he arrived, there were enormous crowds waiting to greet him. This photograph shows the assembled schoolchildren of Bangor waiting along the parade route on Broadway to serenade the President, the Mayor, the Governor General of Canada, and the president of the rail line, who rode together in a carriage. The children sung a song and presented bouquets; one, at the top of the podium, is arrayed as an allegorical Justice. The parade involved all of the Maine regiments, who later passed in review before the President, although the exercise had to be cut short when night fell. Newspapers recorded that several men, mostly Civil War veterans, broke through the barriers along the parade route in order to shake hands with the President, who responded with grace.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1015/thumbnail.jp
Tin Bridge Train Wreck, 1871
No full textThe Bangor Express falls victim to poor infrastructure.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1003/thumbnail.jp
Tin Bridge Train Wreck, 1871
No full textThe Bangor Express hurtled off a bridge that was compromised by rotten bridge timbers costing a brakeman and a passenger their lives.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1000/thumbnail.jp
The Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Bangor. September 30, 1869
Get PDFSeptember 30, 1869:
The dawn of our Centennial Anniversary was announced by the ringing of bells, and soon after the streets and squares began to fill with people prepared to enjoy the long expected holiday. By railroads, steamers, stages, and other available conveyances, crowds of visitors came into the city lo join in the festivities of the day; the movements of those seeking favorable points for viewing the procession, of the different companies, schools, and societies, rnarching to the rendezvous appointed for its various divisions, the reception of companies from other towns, the music by the almost ubiquitous bands, the beautifully decorated buildings, and the flags waving everywhere in the bright sunlight, all together gave the place an unwonted air of rejoicing.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1193/thumbnail.jp