Governors Island pictures

pickles · 10-21-2004, 02:54 PM

Hi all...new member here. I have been admiring your forum for some time now and finally got around to signing up. Does anyone have or know where I can get any old pictures of Governor's Island. In particular, I am looking for pictures of the old bridge for a website I am doing. Any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks, Pickles

cowislander · 10-21-2004, 05:41 PM

Try looking on ebay. I've seen old post cards for sale with pictures of many places around the lake.

Fargo · 10-21-2004, 07:14 PM

I have two small photos of the bridge that I shot just prior to them replacing it. You are welcome to them, contact me directly. Jumped off the bridge all the time as a kid. Fell through the ice in 1962, thought I was going to drown there, loved that structure! Glad I dug the photos out, great memories.

Rattlesnake Gal · 10-22-2004, 06:35 AM

Fargo, can you post them for us all to see? I really enjoy seeing how the areas around the lake used to look.

Fargo · 10-22-2004, 03:56 PM

For the life of me I can't figure out how to post a photo, however; I have a brillant friend who will do it for us in a few days once he is back in his office. Glad to share it.

Mr Port Jefferson · 10-22-2004, 11:37 PM

Fargo I would love to see them too, I will always remember passing under the bridge to go to the Weirs. It was so scary when it was wooden, or maybe it was my age.I can still hear the way the wood would rattle when you were passing under it and a car was crossing over!

How did you jump off the bridge, water is shallow there, isn't it?

Fargo · 10-23-2004, 11:58 AM

I'm a professional, jumped feet first but my buddies all dove in. The old bridge was lower than the current one. Don't get me going on that bridge, nothing but problems for me...my older brother knocked my front teeth out in 1963 under the bridge screwing around in the boat. My father was mad as hell when we came home and I didn't have my teeth. I'm laughing so hard now thinking about it, tears in my eyes, the wife wants to know what's so funny. Later.

kashmir · 10-24-2004, 08:22 PM

there is one posted on photopost. hopefully this will woirk. Check out http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...cat=all&page=6

Fargo · 10-26-2004, 06:46 PM

My friend Bob posted my bridge photos on the photopost for me. Thanks Bob.

kashmir · 10-29-2004, 09:50 PM

I rememeber as a kid playing on that bridge. I used to go down and fish there every weekend we came up to "the camp". I used to talk to the people in there boats as they went under. You know how many of them wanted me to jump. I remember hearing they were going to replace it. I loved it and didn't want them to, until one day I was running from one side to the other on the top.... probably chasing boats that went under, talking to the people in the boat... and the bridge started to shake. That is when I figured it needed to be replaced.

pickles · 10-30-2004, 12:01 PM

Hi all...my research tells me that around 1928 there was a drawbridge from the mainland to GI. Anyone know anything about that ? Pictures maybe ?

csuhockey3 · 10-30-2004, 10:59 PM

what year was the 'new' bridge put in?

update: Thanks Joe, that would be just slightly before my time. I thought I was crazy becuase I have only known one bridge!

Joe Kerr · 10-31-2004, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csuhockey3

what year was the 'new' bridge put in?

I think the current Governor's Island Bridge is at least 25 years old. Where are the historians with a more exact date?

10-21-2004, 02:54 PM	#1
pickles Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Governors Island pictures Hi all...new member here. I have been admiring your forum for some time now and finally got around to signing up. Does anyone have or know where I can get any old pictures of Governor's Island. In particular, I am looking for pictures of the old bridge for a website I am doing. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks, Pickles

10-21-2004, 05:41 PM	#2
cowislander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Topsfield Posts: 57 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 4 Posts	Ebay? Try looking on ebay. I've seen old post cards for sale with pictures of many places around the lake.

10-21-2004, 07:14 PM	#3
Fargo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lake Winni Posts: 215 Thanks: 36 Thanked 130 Times in 38 Posts	GI Bridge I have two small photos of the bridge that I shot just prior to them replacing it. You are welcome to them, contact me directly. Jumped off the bridge all the time as a kid. Fell through the ice in 1962, thought I was going to drown there, loved that structure! Glad I dug the photos out, great memories.

10-22-2004, 03:56 PM	#5
Fargo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lake Winni Posts: 215 Thanks: 36 Thanked 130 Times in 38 Posts	GI Bridge For the life of me I can't figure out how to post a photo, however; I have a brillant friend who will do it for us in a few days once he is back in his office. Glad to share it.

10-22-2004, 11:37 PM	#6
Mr Port Jefferson Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	gotta love the ole wooden bridge! Fargo I would love to see them too, I will always remember passing under the bridge to go to the Weirs. It was so scary when it was wooden, or maybe it was my age.I can still hear the way the wood would rattle when you were passing under it and a car was crossing over! How did you jump off the bridge, water is shallow there, isn't it?

10-22-2004, 06:35 AM	#4
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Fargo, can you post them for us all to see? I really enjoy seeing how the areas around the lake used to look.

10-23-2004, 11:58 AM	#7
Fargo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lake Winni Posts: 215 Thanks: 36 Thanked 130 Times in 38 Posts	I'm a professional, jumped feet first but my buddies all dove in. The old bridge was lower than the current one. Don't get me going on that bridge, nothing but problems for me...my older brother knocked my front teeth out in 1963 under the bridge screwing around in the boat. My father was mad as hell when we came home and I didn't have my teeth. I'm laughing so hard now thinking about it, tears in my eyes, the wife wants to know what's so funny. Later.

10-24-2004, 08:22 PM	#8
kashmir Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	there is one posted on photopost. hopefully this will woirk. Check out http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...cat=all&page=6

10-26-2004, 06:46 PM	#9
Fargo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lake Winni Posts: 215 Thanks: 36 Thanked 130 Times in 38 Posts	Bridge Photo My friend Bob posted my bridge photos on the photopost for me. Thanks Bob.

10-29-2004, 09:50 PM	#10
kashmir Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GIC Bridge I rememeber as a kid playing on that bridge. I used to go down and fish there every weekend we came up to "the camp". I used to talk to the people in there boats as they went under. You know how many of them wanted me to jump. I remember hearing they were going to replace it. I loved it and didn't want them to, until one day I was running from one side to the other on the top.... probably chasing boats that went under, talking to the people in the boat... and the bridge started to shake. That is when I figured it needed to be replaced.

10-30-2004, 12:01 PM	#11
pickles Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GI Drawbridge Hi all...my research tells me that around 1928 there was a drawbridge from the mainland to GI. Anyone know anything about that ? Pictures maybe ?

10-30-2004, 10:59 PM	#12
csuhockey3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hooksett, NH Posts: 256 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	what year was the 'new' bridge put in? update: Thanks Joe, that would be just slightly before my time. I thought I was crazy becuase I have only known one bridge! __________________ - CSUhockey3 Last edited by csuhockey3; 10-31-2004 at 02:18 AM.