Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, MA
Veterans memorial on the Bridge of Flowers, across the Deerfield River in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The former railroad bridge was originally built for $20,000 in 1908 by the Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway. As automobile usage began to increase, freight began to be transported more by trucks, and the street railway company went bankrupt in 1927. In 1929, with the bridge covered in weeds, Antoinette Burnham came up with the idea of transforming the bridge into a garden. Since it was not needed as a footbridge and could not be demolished because it carried a water main, the community agreed to her idea. The Shelburne Woman's Club sponsored the project in 1928. In 1929, eighty loads of loam and several loads of fertilizer were brought to the bridge. Several women's clubs around town raised $1,000 in 1929.
Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, MA
Veterans memorial on the Bridge of Flowers, across the Deerfield River in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The former railroad bridge was originally built for $20,000 in 1908 by the Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway. As automobile usage began to increase, freight began to be transported more by trucks, and the street railway company went bankrupt in 1927. In 1929, with the bridge covered in weeds, Antoinette Burnham came up with the idea of transforming the bridge into a garden. Since it was not needed as a footbridge and could not be demolished because it carried a water main, the community agreed to her idea. The Shelburne Woman's Club sponsored the project in 1928. In 1929, eighty loads of loam and several loads of fertilizer were brought to the bridge. Several women's clubs around town raised $1,000 in 1929.