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Mount Hope Bridge originator traced in Bristol text
A Bristol Phoenix feature recounts starting steps for bridging Bristol Ferry to connect Portsmouth with Bristol and link the Island of Rhode Island to the mainland. It covers the March 1920 Senate resolution, committee creation, engineering studies, and evolving financing debates leading to the Mount Hope Bridge project.
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The
Bristol Phoenix
Rhode Island
King Philip
Bristol
William L. Connery
Fletcher Lawton
Benjamin Boyd
State House
General Assembly
Portsmouth
Bristol Harbor
Fall River
Providence
William L Connery
Massachusetts
R I
State Senate
WL. Connery
Senate
Mount Hope Bay
House of Representatives
Mount Hope Bridge
Emery J San Souci
Arthur Sherman
William S Flynn
George Pratt
North Providence
Frederick Coggeshall
Newport
Portmouth
Frederick H Fay
Fay. Spofford & Thorndike
Beacon St
Boston
Mass
Edward Parish
R. I
Secretary of State's Office
Herbert Smith
Whitehouse
Bristol Ferry
Conners
Samuel P Colt
United States
Mr Connery
Bristol County