The Champlain Bridge

View the Champlain Bridge as it was when it opened in 1929. At the time, it was thought to be the pinnacle of technology, joining the states of New York and Vermont across Lake Champlain. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the bridge is slated for demolition due to unsafe conditions. This 6-minute film was produced by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (http://www.lcmm.org) in 1999. It combines video from the 1929 grand opening of the bridge with historic photographs. Narrated by LCMM Director Art Cohn.
6 minutes. 1999, LCMM.
DVD available for purchase: www.lcmm.org. $7.95

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[lucascutting53]

@Railer505 because it was built in hick towns baby

[Railer505]

It truly was... the Jamestown Bridge in Rhode Island lasted from 1940 to 1992... this bridge outlived it by 28 years!

[woodsprout]

You need your bridge same as they need retraining.

The ferry people served the public, just like the bridge does.

If these people were in the military would you not retrain them if technology changed?

Would you even offer them a loan to retrain?

[traderjts]

No, I do not think it is the governments role to offer re-training.

Yes, I think it is state governrments role to erect a bridge.  I live on an island. NYS erected a bridge in the 1930s and charged a toll to pay for the bridge. Ten years later the bridge was paid for yet the toll remains. Probably to pay for a retaining program.

[woodsprout]

traderjts,

You were the one fantasizing over a lawsuit and now children's lunch?

What about just simply re-training the people who served the public with ferry service, before they were replaced.

You want to pay for a bridge? Is that the governments role?

[traderjts]

I do not wish pay for anyones re-training nor their childrens lunch. I do not think it is the governments role. I think my attitude is just fine.

[woodsprout]

At that time it WAS the pinnacle of technology!

(not just thought to be)

[mastercheif158]

I'm really going to miss going across that bridge for most of my life

[mssedmebich]

You think the enviromentalist would allow a bridge like this to be built? They have been blocking the planned St. Croix River crossing from Minn to Wisc for 20 freakin years.

[sbchelldiver]

Saw the demolition images...it looked liked those images of WWII when retreating armies dynamited steel-arch bridges on the Rhine, or the Danube or the Volga...