ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Canadian National Railway, Susan Kennedy, Vertical-Lift Bridge
1 Jun 2020
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Arth 298 montreal: evolution through architecture and urbanism. When you are on a river you need to go to the other side. The problems of crossing a canal is important. On the lachine canal you can see all the ways people tried to cross the canal. Many types of crossings at wellington crossing can be seen. First wellington bridge, high enough for the ships to pass and to cross. Hi 1844 rebuilt the first bridge to be a revolving bridge allowed larger ships to pass. Since now it"s a revolving bridge, you have to wait till the ships pass to cross to the other side. The traffic to pass the canal were increasing. In 1932 - 1933 they decided to go under the canal (tunnel) used for cars and trains. Beside the bridge parallel was a lift bridge system. At the end of the 1990s it was replaced by a fixed bridge and closed the tunnel.
