In Renfrew the swinging bridge runs between Mutual Avenue and Arthur Avenue over the Bonnechère River east of the McDougall Mill Museum.
I walked across the bridge from the Arthur Avenue side and then back. Both ways I took pictures of the bridge in front of me as I went. They appear in that order below.
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IN MEMORY OF W.H. KEARNEY FAMILY WHO ERECTED THE FIRST SWINGING BRIDGE HERE IN 1895 PLAQUE DONATED BY RENFREW LIONETTES 1967 |
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TOWN OF RENFREW THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THE OFFICIAL RE-OPENING OF RENFREW'S HISTORIC SWINGING BRIDGE ON SEPT. 24, 1983. AFTER FALLING INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED IN 1982. BY ORDER OF COUNCIL THE SWINGING BRIDGE WAS RECONSTRUCTED BY TOWN FORCES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TOWN'S DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & WORKS.
A. GREEN MAYOR R. KIMBERLY REEVE D. WATTS D/REEVE
COUNCILLORS B. BELANGER R. DICKINSON M. THOMPSON T. KENNEDY CAO/CLERK W. D. FRASER DIRECTOR DEVEL & WORKS W. J. McMAHON TREASURER
R. BURWELL J. SCOTT T. WARK
OLIVER MANGIONE McCALLA DESIGN CONSULTANTS |