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The original Cold Harbor Brook Bridge was built during the Civil War era, when stone-slab construction was common for short town highway bridges. It was unusual for using quarried granite instead of the more typical fieldstone slabs, apparently because it served as a gateway to the town center and linked it with the Meeting House, making it important enough to justify more expensive stone. The bridge was replaced in 2016 because of safety concerns. A photograph taken from the bridge on May 30, 1896, shows the Gibson Mill in the background, where combs were manufactured, but the mill no longer exists.
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