Administered by Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority State House Annex, P. O. Box 747 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03301
Located Memorial Bridge Route 1 Portsmouth New Hampshire
Date:
Bridge dedicated Aug. 17, 1923. Tablet installed Aug. 4, 1924
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Pillsbury, Hobart, "New Hampshire...A History", Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1927, pg. 886.
(On bridge, below eagle:) MEMORIAL TO THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF/NEW HAMPSHIRE/WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919 (On plaque on side of bridge:) WORLD WAR/MEMORIAL BRIDGE/ERECTED 1920-1934 BY THE/UNITED STATES.MAINE.NEW HAMPSHIRE/BUILDING COMMISSION/SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY/JOSEPHUS DANIELS/EDWIN DENBY/GOVERNORS OF MAINE/CARL ELIAS MILIKEN/FREDERICK HALE PARKHURST/PERCIVAL PROCTOR BAXTER/GOVERNORS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE/JOHN HENRY BARTLETT/AND AS COMMISSIONER UNDER/ALBERT OSCAR BROWN/FRED HERBERT BROWN/BOARD OF ENGINEERS/ERNEST HENRY BROWNELL/WALTER HENRY NORRIS/WILLIAM ALBERT GROVER/PRELIMINARY COMMITTEE/WILLIAM M. AYER JACOB H. GALLINGER/PHILIP J. DEERING HENRY W. KEYES unsigned
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Summary:
Figure of a bronze eagle mounted over the entrance to a bridge. The eagle has outspread wings and looks to the proper left. In its talons it grasps an olive branch and a bundle of arrows. A bronze plaque below the eagle has a relief of an eagle and a ship. On the left side of the plaque is the United States seal and on the right side the State of New Hampshire seal. Both seals are surrounded by bas-relief foliage with an anchor on the left and a cannon on the right.
