Brownstone Arch

Brownstone Arch. . , The Holt Brothers and Redding Iron Works of California manufactured and shipped logging arches, throughout the United States in the late 1800's. Pulled by teams of oxen, arches were used in Portland to transfer cut brownstone from the quarries. The arch was donated to the Town in 1914 by a local quarry company. The arch was kept outdoors, and the wood rotted. In 1969 it was rebuilt, and again the wood decayed over time. , In 1999, Eddie and Joseph Chiabrero and William P. Long, of Portland, rebuilt the arch in their workshop on Cotton Hill Road, using their mill to saw the white oak lumber. Square washers were hand crafted and forging was done, bending and fitting iron to its original shape. Wood bolts and countless hours of labor were donated to the Town by the three gentlemen. Hillside Welding Company of Middletown donated all the iron. The arch was renovated by the Chiabrero Brothers and William Long for the Town to treasure for years to come. Restoration was completed in 2002. , Donated By: The Portland Exchange Club