View of the Winooski Bridge looking toward the Champlain Mill and showing the rocky ledges and water falls of the Winooski River. Undated but may be 1928.
December 15, 1928. View of the Winooski Bridge over the Winooski River. To the far left is the Champlain Mill and to the right is the Chace Mill factories.
1927. Foot traffic alone was allowed on this temporary pontoon Winooski Bridge following the November 1927 flood of the Winooski River. Bridge was built and maintained with the help of troops from Fort Ethan Allen. Permanent bridge built in 1928. Champlain Mill in the background.
1927 view of the Winooski River from the Burlington side. Seen is the old mill that was a branch of the American Woolen Company (later converted to Forest Hills Factory Outlet) and the pontoon bridge after the November 1927 flood. Building to the left may be of the heavily damaged Johnson Grain Co.
Cold weather view of the reconstruction of the Winooski Bridge after the 1927 flood. Seen here is a wooden plank walkway built by and for the workmen who can be seen out in the Winooski River on another part of the bridge construction. Reopened in 1928.
View of where the Winooski Bridge was swept away in the 1927 flood. Still much debris seen. View is looking across the river up Colchester Ave on the Burlington side. To the far right no longer is seen the Johnson Grain Co. building as it has been torn down.
May 5, 1928. Seen here are men of Company D, 1st U.S. Engineers, 2nd Corps standing on the pontoon bridge that spanned the river between Burlington and Winooski. Behind is the old mill in Winooski that was a branch of the American Woolen Company.
