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Casco Bay Bridge
20 x 30, Oil on Linen
ANN H. MOHNKERN
Signature Member, ASMA
This is a view of the Casco Bay Bridge and the Portland, ME skyline from the South Portland side of the Fore River. Portland’s working
waterfront includes the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line and a tanker unloading facility, which explains the large horizontal and vertical
clearances. Despite its industrial nature, the curve of the span is beautiful, as are the red colors of the steelwork echoing the color of
Portland’s brick buildings. What intrigued me are the cement piers and the protective structures around them, which were proven
necessary after the tanker, JULIE N., struck the earlier span, the so-called “Million Dollar Bridge,” dumping nearly two hundred thousand
gallons of oil into the river.
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