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BRIDGEPORT WEBSITE 
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BRIDGEPORT WEBSITE
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BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS Mayor John Lewis 722, Corky Coffman 429 CITY COUNCIL David Bubba Hughes 1,029, William Maynor 145 Dwayne Rootbeer Moore, 853, Dennis Lambert 198, David Hurst 166 Bobby Seabolt 841, Leon Dave 331 Dave Robinson 574, Johnny Steele 343, Doc Bradford 258 Harold Dawson 627, W. Lankford 203, J. Bradford 345 PLEASE NOTE: The Mayor and City Council have endorsed Dave Robinson as the candidate they would like to see elected and to work with, during the next four years. Mr. Robinson has served on the City Council several times, and has always been a knowledgeable person in City Government, a dedicated public official, who is honest, and has a tremendous love for Bridgeport. We think he will be a great asset to the people of City of Bridgeport. He is a very hard worker.
View of the Tennessee River from atop Battery Hill in Bridgeport. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE, TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRIDGEPORT, AND SEE THE CURRENT, AND THE FUTURE WEATHER CONDITIONS. See Pictures of the May 5, 6. 7th 2003 Flood in Bridgeport. Click on Flood 2003. COMING SOON The Bridgeport Depot Museum See the story of how a ten ton safe left Bridgeport 96 years ago, when the Gunter Family moved to Texas, taking their Bridgeport Land & Development Company Safe with them, and how Mr. Ken Gunter, Grandson of the late Augustus Gunter returned the safe to Bridgeport this summer. It was transported to Texas by Rail, and returned in a rental truck, driven by Brothers Bobby and Glen Hill, who is the Curator of the Bridgeport Depot. This is a great story, and there will be another link added to the page, The Bridgeport Depot soon. NEW SEE THE NEW PLANS AND DRAWINGS FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL. Just click on Hospital to the left. The new Hospital has a projected cost of $6.5 million. We launched the website on August 1, 2002, and we are still under construction. We are working constantly, adding more information and more pictures. Please check us out regularly for more additions to the website. You may find some blank pages, but we are filling them and adding more daily. Thanks for your patience!! PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS SITE!! Bridgeport,
Alabama is located in northeast Alabama, just two miles from the
Tennessee State Line. If you look at the Power line tower to the left,
and just this side of the island on the right, you are in Tennessee.
This is a view from Historic Battery Hill. Battery Hill played a vital
role in the Civil War. It was a stronghold for the Union Army, and there
were other batteries and forts all around the hill, and to the right of
the picture. There have been many Civil War artifacts found on and
around the area where this picture was taken. Bridgeport is
nestled in the Tennessee Valley, in the Appalachian Mountain Chain, and
on the beautiful and serene Tennessee River. Bridgeport was founded in
late 1840's. The community has experienced the Civil War, fires, floods
and an explosion, but has persevered. The Union Army,
which had control of Bridgeport throughout most of the Civil War,
established a steamboat yard at Bridgeport, which was one of their major
strongholds. There were many war boats built here for the Union Army to
transport supplies to Chattanooga and Chickamauga, Georgia. Some of
those boats were the "Missionary," "Chattanooga,"
"Wauhatchie", "Bridgeport", "Chickamauga",and
many more. The original town
was founded right on the Tennessee River, and was called Jonesville. It
was later moved up the hill, as a group of New Yorkers came south with
their money, and great expectations of making the new town they called
Bridgeport, the new metropolis of the south. These Industrialists built
a basket factory, a steamboat factory, and many tall buildings for that
era, which was as many as five stories. There was a great depression,
and times became hard. The "Panic of 1893", hit the nation
hard and many of these men who had visions for a new City,
who came to Bridgeport, left broken hearted and Paupers. The Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&St.L Rwy) ran through
Bridgeport, and crossed the river en route to Chattanooga. The railroad
bridges were burned twice each during the war, and each time were restored
back to service. There were battles fought all along the area, from
Stevenson, Alabama this way. The Confederate forces tried endlessly, to
capture Bridgeport, but to no avail. (There is a Civil War Re
enactment fought here every March, see Civil War) The City, which
started going down hill after the end of the boom period in 1893, by the
nineteen sixties had began to secure several smaller industries. By
1996, Bridgeport had secured several large Industries, and was providing
jobs for close to 1200 people. There were some
people who had been working to restore the old downtown, and some of the
buildings from the early 1900's. A natural gas explosion occurred in
1999, destroying much of the historic downtown, which is now listed on
the National Historic Register. Please feel free to browse around our
web page, take a look at some of the old homes, the railroad bridge, our
Industry, our schools and churches, the Civil War re-enactment, the
majestic mountains, and the pristine river, and all of our beautiful,
picturesque natural resources. We would like to have you come and visit,
but we would LOVE to have you move here, and become a part of our
community! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE SOMETHING FOR THE WEB PAGE, OR IF YOU HAVE PICTURES WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE VISITORS, PLEASE CALL JOHN LEWIS AT 495-2800, OR MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE OR PHOTOGRAPHS, OR PUT THEM ON A CD, FLOPPY, OR IOMEGA 100 MB ZIP DISK, TO John Lewis, 513 Giles Avenue, Bridgeport, Alabama 35740 We would be happy to have your information and old pictures.
The Bridgeport City Hall
The Old Nashville, Chattnooga & St. Louis Railway Depot, built in 1917 and burned in 1999, has been restored back to its original state.
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