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Bridge Street is a historic street in
File:Bridge Street 1901.png, alt=, The Second Falls around 1907, when an iron bridge crossed the Royal River and the Sparhawk Mill's tower had been completed
17 Bridge Street was built in 1852 and used as the parsonage for the First Parish Church between 1862 and 1997.Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018
- Yarmouth's town website) Meanwhile, 21 Bridge Street was built in 1851 as a duplex for mill owners Mitchell and Loring. The original wooden 1811 NYA school building was removed to the adjacent Bridge Street "just below the residence of the late Charles O. Rowe," the father of William Hutchinson Rowe, roughly where number 28 Bridge Street, built in 1860, is today. 43 Bridge Street was built in 1844 and became part of Royal River Manufacturing Company in 1871. Sparhawk Mill is at number 81. This brick mill was built in the 1840s, replacing a wooden mill dating to 1817, but its top half was rebuilt in 1855 after a fire.''Images of America: Yarmouth'', Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002) Crossing the river, directly across from the Sparhawk Mill tower is 80 Bridge Street, which was built as the office for the above business in the early 1880s. Its architect was
- Town of Yarmouth website stands on the hill overlooking the falls at 100 Bridge Street. Boarding houses, which still exist today at 107 and 109 Bridge Street, were built in 1890 on the crest of the northern Bridge Street hill, providing accommodation for132 Bridge Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096
- Redfin The run-down building at 148 Bridge (at its intersection with Willow Street) has been vacant since the early 2000s. It was built in 1826.
Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, it was part of Massachusetts, and remained as such for 213 years. In 1849, ...
, United States. It runs for about from Willow Street in the north to the town's Main Street, State Route 115, in the south. The street's elevation is around at each end, while its middle section, at its crossing of the Royal River, is around , a drop of around .
Second Falls
Yarmouth's Second Falls, just west of the bridge, was the site of a variety of mills since the 19th century.Sparhawk Mill
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Sparhawk Mill is a former cotton mill on Bridge Street in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Built in 1840 and made of brick, it is home today to The Garrison restaurant (owned by Christian Hayes) and several other businesses. It stands, j ...
, meanwhile, stands on the eastern side of the bridge today, built in 1840.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) Boarding houses for the mills still exist today at 107 and 109 Bridge Street.''Yarmouth Revisited'', Amy Aldredge (2013)
An iron truss bridge was in place around the turn of the 20th century, replacing a structure that dated to 1846.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)Architecture
17 Bridge Street was built in 1852 and used as the parsonage for the First Parish Church between 1862 and 1997.Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018- Yarmouth's town website) Meanwhile, 21 Bridge Street was built in 1851 as a duplex for mill owners Mitchell and Loring. The original wooden 1811 NYA school building was removed to the adjacent Bridge Street "just below the residence of the late Charles O. Rowe," the father of William Hutchinson Rowe, roughly where number 28 Bridge Street, built in 1860, is today. 43 Bridge Street was built in 1844 and became part of Royal River Manufacturing Company in 1871. Sparhawk Mill is at number 81. This brick mill was built in the 1840s, replacing a wooden mill dating to 1817, but its top half was rebuilt in 1855 after a fire.''Images of America: Yarmouth'', Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002) Crossing the river, directly across from the Sparhawk Mill tower is 80 Bridge Street, which was built as the office for the above business in the early 1880s. Its architect was
Francis H. Fassett
Francis Henry Fassett (June 25, 1823 – November 1, 1908) was an American architect in Maine who built as many as 400 homes and buildings throughout the state. Working in the Victorian High Gothic and Queen Anne styles, he especially influ ...
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The 1840-constructed former home of George G. Loring, built by mill-owner Phillip H. Kimball,"Project Report Reconnaissance-Level Architectural Survey of Yarmouth, ME MHPC Project ID# YPI2018 Phase One – 2018"- Town of Yarmouth website stands on the hill overlooking the falls at 100 Bridge Street. Boarding houses, which still exist today at 107 and 109 Bridge Street, were built in 1890 on the crest of the northern Bridge Street hill, providing accommodation for
weavers
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Activities
* A person who engages in weaving fabric
Animals
* Various birds of the family Ploceidae
* Crevice weaver spider family
* Orb-weaver spider family
* Weever (or weever-fish)
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, seamstresses
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and bobbin
A bobbin or spool is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which yarn, thread, wire, tape or film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in industrial textile machinery, as well as in sewing machines, fishing reels, tape measure ...
boys of the mills.
In 1848, Philip Kimball built the house at 125 Bridge, which is today's Charron residence.
Number 132 was built in 1840.- Redfin The run-down building at 148 Bridge (at its intersection with Willow Street) has been vacant since the early 2000s. It was built in 1826.
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