Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2017.001.29 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2017.001.29 |
Title |
Wreckers clear way for new plant |
Date |
1942 |
Scope & Content |
Homes are being razed. Article shows wreckers coming into the neighborhood and leveling homes to prepare the ground for the erection of a fabricating plant at the shipyard. The federal government has recently purchased 75 buildings on Madison Street, Pickett Street and Bean Street that are to be removed. Published in the Portland Evening Express, May 4, 1942. |
Search Terms |
Madison Street Pickett Street Bean Street Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation New England Shipbuilding Corporation |
Subjects |
Demolished buildings Demolition |