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Coming’ Round The Bend
from the book "Ralph May Remembers"

"I was one of those fortunate lads to be brought up within a half block from a swing bridge in New Bremen. There were three of these bridges in the town and one lift bridge over the main street, and the boats were still coming through when I was a boy.

Seeing a boat coming round the bend south of town, it was not long until a group of boys and girls would gather on the bridge, leaning over the railing and waiting for the boat and the mule team as it drew closer and closer until the bow would gently bump the ridge open, being guided to the one side by a stretch of timber extending out into the water from the bridge. You see, the bridge had to be bumped from the one end in order to properly swing it round on it’s track midway to let the boat pass through...."

click to read about lock one According to May there were two other bridges of this type in New Bremen, one at First Street and the other at Second Street. The Bridge on Monroe Street was a lift bridge or one that would swing around to leave the canal boat pass underneath.

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