Summer Street Bridge (Boston)
The Summer Street Bridge is a retractile drawbridge bridge built in 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts over the Fort Point Channel. It still stands, but the draw was welded shut and the motors removed in 1970. It was the site of a terrible streetcar crash on the night of November 7, 1916. [1] The Summer Street Bridge is one of only four retractile drawbridges left in the US, two of which are in Boston.[2][3]
References
- Reporter, Eric Moskowitz-. "The tragedy that Boston forgot - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- Record, Historic American Engineering. "Summer Street Retractile Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Summer Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- "Summer Street Bridge - HistoricBridges.org". historicbridges.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-41, "Summer Street Retractile Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Summer Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA", 22 photos, 33 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
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