Lemuel Tukey
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BornAugust 6, 1766
Falmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial America
DiedJuly 22, 1835 (aged 68)
Portland, Maine, U.S.
OccupationsTavern owner, tax collector
Lemuel Tukey | |
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 Tukey's Bridge, looking east from Back Cove into Casco Bay | |
| Born | August 6, 1766 Falmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colonial America |
| Died | July 22, 1835 (aged 68) Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Occupations | Tavern owner, tax collector |
Lemuel Tukey (August 6, 1766 – July 22, 1835) was an American businessman from Portland, Maine, United States. The city's Tukey's Bridge is named for him.[1] He ran a tavern on the Portland end of a previous version of the bridge, which was completed in 1796, and objected to the city's decision to end the collection of tolls, so he collected them anyway until he was forced to stop in the early 1830s.[2][3]
In the Portland Directory of 1823, Tukey is listed as a distiller with a residence on Mountfort Street.[4]