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Jackknife Bascule Bridge

The Jackknife Bascule Bridge in Thunder Bay. Source.

Middle Road Bridge

The Middle Road Bridge, spanning Etobicoke Creek, was opened to traffic in November 1909. Source.

Bastei Bridge

The Bastei Bridge in Bohemian Switzerland National Park. Add the Czech Republic to the list of countries that contain Little Switzerlands. Source.

Port Credit Railway Bridge

This bridge gives a strong impression of having been built upside down. Source.

Le Cyclone d'Octobre 1909

This is only one of the eighteen bridges in La Vendée destroyed by the cyclone of October 26, 1909. Source.

Quebec Bridge Disaster 1907

On this date in 1907 the new cantilever bridge spanning the St Lawrence River at Quebec City collapsed during construction, killing 75 of the 86 workers on it. It would suffer another failure in 1916 before opening for traffic in 1919. Source.

Wooden Bridge at Reichenau

While on the Grand Tour English architect John Soane (1753 - 1837) recorded the last generation of wooden bridges of Switzerland, many of which were later destroyed during the Napoleonic Wars. Source.

Jōmyō and Ichirai

Among the monks, there was a certain Ichirai, a man of great strength and agility, who served the holy teacher Keishū at the Jōenbō. Having followed Jōmyō and fought in his wake, this Ichirai now wished to pass him, but found the beam too narrow. "Your pardon, Jōmyō," he said. He put his hand on the flap of Jōmyō's helmet, made a brisk leap over his shoulder, and went on fighting.

The Tale of the Heike, chapter 4, part 11 (translation by Helen Craig McCullough.)

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Quebec Bridge Disaster 1916

On this date in 1916 the central section of the new Quebec Bridge broke free and collapsed as it was being fit into place, killing thirteen. Source.

Bloor Street Viaduct, 1916

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