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Show BRIDGES ON WHEELS. Primitive Structures to Be Found in Many Parts of Ireland. At Peel, in the Isle of Man, there exist bridge builders more remarkable than Mr. Kipling ever dreamt of. These lightning engineers create and demolish a workable bridge every 24 hours. This bridge spans the end of Peel harbor. As this is a haven for many fishing smacks and small steamers, steam-ers, none but a costly and very lofty ' arch would be practicable, and Peel ia not rolling in wealth. Further, an expensive ex-pensive bridge would be a waste as it only leads to Peel Castle-a fortress ' so weather-worn that no one resides there or cares to go there except for signt-seeing. The thrifty . Peel folk surmounted the difficulty in a thoroughly thor-oughly practical manner. Their bridge is a simple wooden affair on wheels. It is in sections, each section looking when off duty, like a costermonger's barrow. When thn tirto .n,. takers of the bridge wade in and place section after section in the right position. po-sition. Sometimes they are helped by excursionists in rowboats. The sections sec-tions have iron legs at each end These unfold and sink into the mud The bridge is finished off with boards on trestles at the termini. When viitr,r come to see the ancient Peel Castle, the bridge is well patronized. Each ! person crossing it has to pay a half- !n3r,W1en the Water beSins t rise again the bridge is hastily pulled to Pieces and placed on one side till. next aay. It appears to be a profitable arrangement, ar-rangement, especially in summer, when bo many tourists, visit the island, and are anxious to investigate the beauties of the castle at cIosp na tive bridges of a similar kind are to be found in Ireland. |