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Acadia National Park Roads & Bridges, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Summary
Significance: In many ways the carriage and motor roads of Acadia National Park appear quite distinct. Signs, grade separations, and two picturesque gatehouses remind today's visitors that these two systems were intended to be kept physically separate. Yet the tension between Acadia's carriage and motor roads also lies at the heart of their shared history. Both were built in response to the rise of the automobile and each was influenced by the aesthetic vision of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. It is this common heritage that visitors atop Cadillac Mountain must keep in mind when they watch the sun rise over the horizon from the front seats of their automobiles.
Survey number: HAER ME-12
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Rockefeller, John D
Farrand, Beatrix
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Civilian Conservation Corps
Dorr, George
Haney, David, field team project manager
Groe, harlan d, field team project manager
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Quin, Richard H, project manager
Hartsoe, Mark, sponsor
Haertel, Paul, sponsor
Curtis, Kate, delineator
Korzeniewski, Joseph, delineator
Barras, Shannon, delineator
Lupyak, Edward, delineator
Desbiens, Sarah, delineator
Location
Bar Harbor, 44.38758, -68.20390
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
