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M AY 2 0 1 6 3 9 Landmark AeriAlphotobymAineimAging-dAvecleAvelAndinsetphotobyrev.FrAnklAmbcourtesykennebunkporthistoricAlsociety TheTheThe Kennebunks beginnings A toll drawbridge bridge was first built here by subscription in 1810 to accommodate growing Kennebunk River shipping and shipbuilding industries. The drawbridge was made free in 1831 when the dirt path that extended from either side of it was des- ignated a County Road. Since then dam- aging storms have occasionally necessi- tated repairs but most of the major bridge rebuilding projects there have enjoyed the benefit of advance warning. During one freshet on March 1 1896 the old wooden drawbridge unexpectedly col- lapsed with a reverberating crash when huge chunks of ice rushing downriver on a vio- lent ebb tide cut through one of its support- ing pilings. An impromptu bridge committee was assembled to ensure transit between the Lower Village train depot and Kennebunk- port hotels was in place before the arriv- al of money-spending summer folk. Year- round residents of both villages who shared a post office a milkman and a fam- ily culture suffered immediate hardship with the unexpected loss of their inter- town connection. A temporary bridge was hastily con- structed between the coal shed in Lower Village and the wharf where Davids KPT restaurant now stands. The bridge met the urgent need but its stationary design meant it had to be dismantled every time a coal schooner made a delivery to Titcombs Coal Shed on Perkins Wharf. Its days are numbered The Mathew Lanigan Bridge was built in 1933 and its due for replacement next year. Plan on trading a bit of traffic disruption for a much better structurefor cars and pedestrians.