Talk:Old North Bridge

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Name?

Actually, the correct name for this bridge is the "North Bridge". Over the years, folks have associated the adjective "old" for the historic "Old North Church" in Boston with the "North Bridge", thus "Old North Bridge". In Boston in the 1770's, there were 2 North Churches, distinguished with one being "Old" and the other "New". In Concord, there's only been 1 North Bridge, although it has been rebuilt many times in the past 200+ years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.41.31.76 (talk • contribs)

Wow, really? Could you cite a source on that? If you can, we should probably integrate that material into the article. I'm leery to actually change the article name, though... I grew up in a neighboring town, and even we called it the "Old North Bridge," so I think we should probably go by popular name in the title of the article. Hbackman 01:20, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've lived in Concord for 9 years, and folks in the area up on their history tell me that the name is the "North Bridge". The National Park Service calls it the "North Bridge" in various and sundry publications. There's the NPS' North Bridge Visitor's Center: http://www.nps.gov/applications/state/ma/travel_info.cfm?AlphaCode=MIMA#Destination_4 and the NPS discusses the bridge in various education program descriptions: http://www.nps.gov/mima/education.htm I also have a map of Concord from the centennial in 1875, and the bridge is named "North Bridge" on the map. Nearby though is the "Old Manse" which may have added to the confusion.--mrovelli 23:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

UK?

Why is there no mention that part of it is in the United Kingdom, being British territory? There is no mention of it on the Concord, Mass article either. YourPTR! 21:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Answer: There is no part of the North Bridge nor any of the surrounding monuments that is still owned by the United Kingdom. Any claims to Crown property in the former 13 Colonies were abrogated by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The bridge, the British soldiers' grave next to it, the monuments near the bridge, the statue of the Minute Man, and the road leading to the bridge from Monument Street, Concord, are still owned by the town of Concord, but are maintained and guarded by the National Park Service.

~~95thfoot~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95thfoot (talk •

Photo

For a short time vitalebaby had a photo (oldnorthbridgeview.jpg) up. I have a photo taken from about the same place but putting the statute more to the right. It was taken in late March before the leaves were out so, in addition to showing the Minuteman statue and the bridge, the grave of the soldiers, the obelisk monument and the Old Manse can be seen. On the negative side is that it is a gray day and the river is in flood so it is not typical of the site. So I have a few questions: (1) Is a picture like this worth putting in? (2) Should a similar one be put in with a brighter day and a more typical level of the river (I live downstream so can get another shot)? (3) I would probably crop the shot so it is much wider than high but should I edit in numbers so the caption can label the sights? WikiParker (talk) 00:25, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]