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Show A Curious Drawbridge- Tlie most curious drawbridge in tho world Is in SL Anne's Kay, Island of Curacca. It Is a pontoon bridge, and one of the oiitcoc8 Is a steamer l-uilt in Camden, Me. It is a scow fcrty feet Icng, twelve wide, and seven deep. There b a single shaft that runs clear through the boat and Las a screw profiler oueachtnd. The shaft is turned by two steam engine. When the draw is to be opened the captain of Uie steam pontoon casts oil" the lines, gives a toot on the whistle and sits theproperersa-whirllog, and thereupon there-upon half the bridge swings around far enough to let the coming ship pass through. Then U10 wheel Is reversed and the gap Is closed. |