[Charles H. Tobin--home movies] Reels 1-2

Can DescriptionsNHF cataloguer's notes, 3/96 as follows. Film box notes in quotes; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reels 1 and 2: Can notes: 'Bridge #1' and 'Bridge #2.' Titles beginning Reel 1: 'Bridge construction. The new Augusta bridge.' W.H. Hinman Co. Houses to be demolished in right of way. Clearing trees. Construction shack. Other preparations for demolition. Crane handling materials. Esso filling [gas] station. Mobil [gas] station. East side of Kennebec River. More approach work. Intersection at Cony High School. East end of bridge. Pile driving. Bulldozer. Pile handling and pile driving. Clam shell bucket operation. Clearing right of way. A&P market. Other properties. West end of bridge. Demolition of a building and clearing debris with clam shell bucket. Piers formed on west end: form work shot from east end looking west. Rebar placed into forms. Excavation. Barge with crane. Pouring concrete. Concrete peirs. Forms stripped. 'W.H. Hinman Inc.--Contractors, North Hixon, Maine--Office.' Grading fill. Pier forms (wood). Major piers on east side completed. Shot of west end, general area. Steel girders. Sign 'American Bridge Company USS' on rail cars. Shot of markings on girder. Large crane unloading girders to 'Kennebec Trucking Co.' flatbed truck. Truck and dolly. Blocking traffic while traveling to east end of bridge, making tight road turn. Placing [first?] girder. Man walking on girder. Shot of cross-bracing. Temporary roadway in river for cranes, machinery. Lifting girder into place. Riveter heating hot rivets in forge. Pan of steel span across river. Concrete decking being put in. West end of bridge (area to be traffic circle). East end of bridge (area to be traffic circle). East end of bridge: Cony High School. Preparation for dedication ceremony. Cars lined up. Ribbon cutting ceremony. 'The end.'