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One of 138 National Register listings published here for Plymouth County · listed in 2025 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Skim Milk Bridge and Causeway Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1885.
The listing
- Address. Off Scotland Street over Town River, West Bridgewater
- When was it listed? August 2025
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 100012154 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
197 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Skim Milk Bridge and Causeway Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 87 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | EAST BRIDGEWATER |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WEST BRIDGEWATER |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WEST BRIDGEWATER |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | EAST BRIDGEWATER |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Skim Milk Bridge and Causeway Historic District: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridgewater Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bridgewater Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brockton Sand & Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gerald Kelleher Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gourdin Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Raynham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Raynham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
18 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1885 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:62500
- 1888 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Providence quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:31680 - 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:25000
- 1978 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:25000
- 1979 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:50000
- 1984 USGS Providence quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Taunton quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Memorial Park | 1.7 miles | 2008 | |
 | William H. McElwain School | 2.2 miles | 2013 |
 | Sachem Rock Farm | 4.1 miles | 2006 |
 | East Bridgewater Common Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1999 |
 | South Street Historic District | 4.7 miles | 1983 |
 | Franklin Block | 4.7 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012154 in Record Group 79. |
| Plymouth County | All 138 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.