This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.
Bridge: | Whitneyville Suspension Bridge |
Location: | Whitneyville, Connecticut, USA - Lake Whitney |
Image Set Contributor: | Raymond K. Johnson |
Date of Images: | 1967 |
Related Suspension Bridge Inventory: | (footbridge) - Whitneyville, Connecticut, USA |
Related Image Lists: | All from Raymond K. Johnson All in Connecticut All in USA All Pedestrian Suspension Bridges |
Credit: | All photos by Raymond K. Johnson. Please do not reuse without permission. |
The newspaper article is from the New Haven Register, possibly from 1971. Ray writes: "The bridge played a prominent part in my life, as I fell from it when I was about 10 years old and almost drowned. [Follow this link] to the Hamden Daily News where you can read the story of that fateful day. Just scroll down through the first few stories and you will find a story called 'Gone Fishing - Part II'." Ray notes his photographs are circa 1967.