Roving bridge
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roving-bridge-286-207985
title:
Roving bridge
text:
A roving bridge, changeline bridge, turnover bridge, or snake bridge is a bridge over a canal constructed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides. This often involved unhitching the tow line, but on some canals they were constructed so that there was no need to do this by placing the two ramps on the same side of the bridge, which turned the horse through 360 degrees. On the Macclesfield Canal this was achieved by building spiral ramps and on the Stratfor
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of canal bridge
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roving_bridge
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-16T17:07:48Z
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