Destroyer Weathervane on Bath Railroad Station - Bath, ME
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N 43° 54.678 W 069° 48.867
19T E 434604 N 4862343
The destroyer on this weathervane depicts one of the ships that the nearby Bath Iron Works built.
Waymark Code: WMQ9DJ
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2016
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In Bath, just south of the US Route 1 bridge, is this railroad station with a weathervane having an image of a navy destroyer.
The station is located along Commercial Street, which is a side street that runs along the bridge at ground level. There is parking nearby.
The station is made of brick, about 1 1/2 stories tall, and a peaked roof. At the center of the peak is a cupola with the weathervane with an image of a ship as the moving arrow above the cardinal points.
A web page about the station has the following about the weathervane:
"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the start of World War II."
The station was built in 1941.
Source:
Mainememory.net (The Railroad Station):
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