A Very Old Bridge.
The remains WF-titof 'of the oldest! Jbridg^s.in the world have been me' With by Engineers' iat 'Msiy'eneo^--doi other than the bridge eaected by! Charlemagne over' the Rhine near thei close of the eight century. It rested,on <£wleiityieigivfc. ; bu6tr.esßesy and was! eventually struck by lightning and burnt down jiootheUeyeLiofiithe water.: The engineers have been busy taking away, ite r^i!Hs3^Hwrftlfttf jp/lfc' moved over fifty piles of 5 to 6 yards m length. Xhe tft'mbeir -is well pre-i served, though nearly 1100 years old; so well/ indeed/*, X-fiaV itisPstill fit for building- purposes, while the ironj which was rivettect to the posts, is alsd capably of being .used,, being covered by onl/a thi'nivl^'ofruWi 1 " J . \\
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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116A Very Old Bridge. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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