Deer Island - - - May 1889. Original caption: Deer Island - - - May 1889. Suspension span at Essex-Merrimac bridge over Merrimac River connecting Salisbury and Newbury, Mass. Original wooden bridge build by Timothy Palmer, 1792, length 1030 feet. Newbury Channel portion replaced by suspension span of Finley type, 1810. Span 244 feet center to center of supporting towers. Ten chains; links 2 feet long, made of one-inch wrought iron. Photographed 1889. State: Massachusetts. Place: Deer Island.

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