Sometime later this year, the renovated and expanded Division
street Bridge across the Naugatuck River will be completed and
ready to handle the ever expanding volume of traffic in the
area. Back in 1910, it looked quite different as you can see
from the old postcard above. This quiz proved to be especially
troublesome as many people guessed correctly that it is the
Naugatuck River being spanned, yet most thought it was on Main
Street. Perhaps it was the railroad tracks on the right of the
picture that caused the confusion as they no longer exist and
vegetation along the right of way has hidden all remnants of the
roadbed.
We featured pictures of earlier Main Street and Division
Street bridges across the Naugatuck in an earlier quiz.
Click here to take a look.
Correct
answers were received from: Eddie Calvert, Edward Baclawski,
Millie from Ansonia, Ronald Earl Thomas, Frank
Lazowski, Sr., C. F. Douglass, Sean Conlon, Jack
Skelding, Joan Driscoll, Henry Wajdowicz, Ron
Sill, Ann Searles, Walt Mayhew, Donm Grailich and Markanthony
Izzo.
To see our other earlier quizzes and learn more about Derby's unique
history, click here.