Mount Hope Bridge Opens With Detailed Construction History
The article recalls the Mount Hope Bridge dedication on October 24 1929 and presents officials directors and engineers of the Mount Hope Bridge Company Rhode Island public roads board and consulting firms. It lists construction milestones from 1927 to 1929 including piers viaducts towers and cable work with exact dates and firm names. It notes historic Rhode Island facts such as Bristol and Portsmouth origins and notable figures tied to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope Bridge
Phoenix
The
Board OF
Charles P Sisson
L H Callan
Douglas R Coleman
R P Compton
JD C Crawford
A C Dent
John W Garrett
N. C
B Hibbard
George H Newhall
H C Rickaby
W P Sheffield
Herbert W Smith
W H Vanderbilt
Rhode Island State Board OF Public Roads
Abram L. Atwood
B. Frank Robinson
John W _ Hanley
Frederick A H_ Bodington
Joseph P Burlingame
George H Henderson
Daniel O Cargill
Mount Hope
Bristol
Portsmouth
Providence Plantations
Roger Williams
Island
Rhode Island
Aquidneck
John Clarke
King Philip
Massasait
Massachusetts
Philip
New England
Welcome to Bristol signs placed by Lions and Rotary clubs
Signs reading Welcome to Bristol were installed at approaches to the town by the Bristol Lions and Rotary clubs. Rotary placed signs at the Warren Bristol town line on Hope Street and Metacom Avenue. Lions will erect signs at Ferry Road north of Mount Hope bridge and at those same points soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Newport
Portsmouth
Providence
Boston
Mount Hope Bay
New York
Washington
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Sullivan
America
Bristol Lions
Rotary Clubs
Ferry Road
Mount Hope Bridge
eRotary Club
Warren-Bristol
Hope Street
Metacom Avenue
Lions Club
No Public Bequests In Codman Will
The last will of Mary Elizabeth Codman widow of Arthur Codman, who died in Germany in August, left all property to her cousin Martha Catherine Karolik Codman. Dated April 25, 1928, the brief will contained no public bequests and was probated here on Monday. Witnesses were Calvin M Hitch, James H Calder, and Fred Tadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Codman
Mary Ezabeth Codman
Arthur Codman
Germany
Martha Catherine Karolik
Martha Catherine Codman
Calvin M Hitch
Washington, D. C
James H Calder
Vernal
Utah
Fred Tadge
Salt Lake City
Antarctic Councilman Receives Greeting From Harold June
Councilman Elisha Hibbert received a message from Chief Petty Officer Harold I June of the Antarctic Expedition under Commander Byrd yesterday. The note expresses anticipation of a busy summer and returning home, signed Harold J June. Hibbert and June previously worked together at the Herreshoff shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Hibbert
Harold I
Byrd
Hibberts
June
Herreshoff
Banquet Honors Samuel Brelsford At National India Rubber Plant
A Wednesday evening banquet at the Colonial Hotel on State street honored Samuel Brelsford, retiring foreman machinist after 42 years with the National India Rubber Company. Toastmaster Samuel J. Connery led tributes from thirty machine shop employees, who presented Brelsford a smoking set. Connery chaired the organizing committee with Joseph Gallagher Frank Keating and John Simister assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Hotel
State Street
National India Rubber Company
Samuel Brelsford
Samuel J. Connery
Brelsford
Joseph Gallagher
Frank Keating
John Simister
Installation set for Christian Endeavor officers
The newly elected officers of the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational Church will be installed Sunday evening during a candle light service led by Rev. Herbert E. MacCombie, 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel. St Michael's Young People's Fellowship will join as guests. Rev. Herbert D. Graetz shares a morning sermon at 10:30 on Where the Leaves Go and The Joy of Salvation, urging time to feed the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
First Congregational Church
Herbert E. MacCombie
Rhode Island Christian Endeavor Union
Memorial Chapel
Young People’s Fellowship
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Herbert D. Graetz
Also Mentioned on This Page
MT. Hope Bridge
Mount Hope Bridge Company
John W Garrett, II
Herbert W. Smith
Wiliam P Sheffield
Beistol
Anchorage
Portsmouth Anchorage
Robinson & Steinman
Tle Blake
Howe & Church
Robert W Hunt Co
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory
McClintic-Marshall Company
the Foundation Company
Keystone State Corporation
Cable
Callan Construction Company
Hughes - Foulkrod Company
Westcott & Munroe
Scannevin & Potter
American Cable Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Structural Steel
Wadley & Smythe
American Bridge Company
Knickerbocker
Portland Cement Co
Booth & Chase
Fall River Granite & Quarry Co
Montaua Sand & Gravel Co
Sand and Gravel Industrial Paint Company
Birdsboro Steel Foundry & Machine Co
Graham Bolt & Nut Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Keystone Foundry Co
Reading Iron Co
Philp J Healey, Inc
Butte Electric & Mfg Co
Ohmer Fare Register Co
Gamewell Company
David Salkind
John EF. Lingo
of Robinson & Steinman
New York City
H. D. Robinson
D. B Steinman
W. G Grove
J. London
R. Boblow
C. M. Bohny
J. Feld
A. H.baker
C. C. Mota
C. H. Gronquist
R. M. Boynton
M. Jessen
J. C. Oblan
H. H. Hem
H Gregg Veeder
McClintic-Marshall Co
Harold June
Service
Victor Cleansing
Warren
Lillian T. Wilson
Nancy
Main St
Ruth Fengill
Stone’s Beauty
Providence, R. J
Marcelling
Frederick
Sarah
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