Item 20248 - Tukey's Bridge, Portland, ca. 1900
- Item 20248 - Tukey's Bridge, Portland, ca. 1900
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- Item 20248
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Image Info Tukey's Bridge in Portland, which crosses Back Cove.
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The original bridge was built in 1796 and was a toll bridge. The bridge is named for long-time toll gatherer Lemuel Tukey, who ran a tavern on the Portland end of the structure and who objected to ending the tolls, so collected them anyway until he was forced to stop in 1837.
