Item 23675 - Kittery-Portsmouth Bridge ceremony, 1923

Item 23675 - Kittery-Portsmouth Bridge ceremony, 1923
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Item 23675
Kittery-Portsmouth Bridge ceremony, 1923
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Two dignitaries shake hands over the ribbon at the opening ceremony for the World War Memorial Bridge at Portsmouth. Eileen Foley, the small child pictured here, was chosen to cut the ribbon officially opening the bridge to the public.

Sometimes known as the Portsmouth Bridge, the official name of the structure seen here is the World War Memorial Bridge, as it served as a memorial to World War I. Constructed between 1920 and 1923, the bridge was the first non-toll bridge to span the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth and Kittery.

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