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Amphitheater Bridge, Spanning Little Harbor Brook on Amphitheater Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME

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Amphitheater Bridge, Spanning Little Harbor Brook on Amphitheater Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME

description

Summary

Significance: The largest bridge on the Rockefeller carriage road system, Amphitheater Bridge carries the Amphitheater section of the Sargent Mountain road over Little Harbor Brook in one of Acadia National Park's most scenic sections. The structure is significant for the attention devoted to landscape concerns during its planning and construction.
Survey number: HAER ME-41
Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Stoughton, Charles W

Simpson, Paul D

Rockefeller, John D

Ralston, S F

Cammerer, Arno B

Wosky, John B

Rockefeller, John D

Lyman, A H

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc

Quin, Richard H, historian

place

Location

Seal Harbor, 44.30332, -68.24000

Google Map of 44.3033177, -68.2399989

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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Copyright info

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