All we can say about this Mystery Photo today is don’t jump to a quick conclusion. Things may not be as they seem, Send your thoughts on today’s photo to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Four readers recognized the most recent mystery. Lou Camerio of Lilburn told us it was at the town of Bucksport, Maine, “….taken from the Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory. The highest bridge observatory in the world. It is very near to Fort Knox, Not the one with the “gold.”
Bob Foreman of Grayson also reported it was a scene from the Penobscot Observatory.” George Graf of Palmyra, Va. also recognized it. The photo came from Lynn Jacques of Snellville, a native of Maine.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. sent along a photo showing the observatory. He adds: “In August 2014, my wife and I drove through this area of Maine and I stopped to take some photos of this impressive cable-stay bridge and its observation tower. Unfortunately, the observation tower was not open at the time we were there, so I was unable to get a similar view as that of the mystery photo.” The Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory was first opened to traffic on December 30, 2006 and the Observatory was opened to the public on May 19, 2007. The total length of the bridge is 2,120-feet, and the main span is 1,161-feet across and 135-feet above the Penobscot River. It was the first cable-stay bridge in Maine and cost $85M to build. With a tower height of 447-feet, it is the tallest public Bridge Observation tower in the world.”
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