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Native American Burial Sites
A former resident has discovered a possible site on the
Brunswick shore. Further investigation is required to establish
authenticity.
The New Meadows Inn
& Cottages
The original “New Meadows Inn” was located in what is now
“The Lake”. The inn was built in 1899 and was destroyed by fire in
either 1936 or 1937. Efforts to save it
were hampered by lack of water since the tide was out.(Adapted from a
Times-Record story published on Wed., August 31, 1977)
Bridges across “The
Lake”
The oldest crossings was at “Hayden’s Bridge” near
Whiskeag Road in Bath and may have been established in 1763. Other records identify this location as an old
Indian crossing.
The Old Bath Road causeway
and bridge was authorized in 1833 according to Lincoln County
records.
The 1842 King’s Turnpike bridge refers to a crossing
established by Maine’s first governor .
The original Maine Central Railroad bridge was
constructed in 1849.
The Bath Road causeway that established “The Lake” was
constructed by the US War Department in 1937. The causeway was built to serve as a dam in accordance with
a local public petition by residents of Brunswick and West Bath who
wanted the estuary impounded to create what they envisioned would be a
unique salt pond.
The present US Rte 1
causeway construction was started in 1967. The
project caused an immediate public outcry because of the deterioration
of water quality and resulted in the State funding of a comprehensive
environmental study by Wright-Pierce
Engineering in 1973.
The above bridge information comes from the July 1995 SHORE ACCESS REPORT, (an inventory
of sites with historical and legal basis for Right Of Ways to water)
and research by
Ed Benedikt in County and MDOT archives .
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