WikiMapia.org describes Bangor's Essex St hill as a popular sledding location that used to be an old ski area. Given how steep, how close to residential areas and wetlands it is, its history as a ski area makes perfect sense. Did you know that it also used to be the site of Bangor's municipal dump? This area used to be a open-burning dump for the first half of the 20th century. It has been referred to as The East Side Dump.
BANGOR CITY DUMP FORMER SITE 74187 WATCHMAKER ST BANGOR A LARGE FIELD AT THE END OF WATCHMAKER ST WHICH LEADS DOWN TO A LARGE WETLANDS. THIS IS STILL AN OPEN FIELD TO THE RIGHT AND AT THE END OF WATCHMAKER STREET. THIS WAS AN OPEN BURNING DUMP UNTIL THE MID-1960'S WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AND THE KITTREDGE STREET DUMP WAS OPENED. THERE IS A LARGE WETLANDS AT THE BASE OF THIS FIELD. THIS SITE IS EASILY WITHIN VIEW OF I-95 SOUTH. INFORMATION ON THIS SITE WAS SUPPLIED BY THE CEO OF THE CITY OF BANGOR IN 2008 PRE-1976 44.82438 -68.76602
The purpose of this post isn't to muckrake, as this area was a landfill back when we had leaded gasoline and cigarettes were practically a health and beauty item. It's really just an interesting 'huh' sort of factoid.
The East Side Dump was one of Bangor's first municipal dumps, having arisen out of concerns related to the spread of tuberculosis in the early part of the 20th century and many private dumps dotting the city. (Remembering Bangor, Wayne Reilly, Page 114-116.)
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