From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2018.10.45
Color transparency of the Bangor-Brewer Bridge over the Penobscot River in Bangor, ME, c. 1960 showing Bangor Union Station. The Joshua Chamberlain Bridge, built in 1954, has undergone a number of changes over the years. Until 1970, it was a toll bridge, with a toll plaza on the Brewer side. Bangor Union Station was a passenger train station in Bangor, Maine, served by the Maine Central Railroad and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. It was the second largest railroad station in Maine until it was demolished on 30 November 1961 following termination of passenger service earlier that year by both railroads serving Bangor. Demolition avoided an annual property tax of $10,788 on an assessed valuation of $372,000.[1] The station site is now occupied by the Penobscot Plaza Shopping Center.
