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1946 Bridge across the Rhine opens

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Date: 11th March 1946

Location: GERMANY

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

GERMANY: Rhine River:

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BRIDGES The first permanent bridge opened across the Rhine since the war was over, opened by Gen Sir Robert Marriot,

GERMANY. First railway bridge opened across the Rhine, Gen Sir Robert Marriot, (the FIRST permanent bridge)

MARRIOT, ROBERT GEN.SIR. Opens the first permanent bridge across the Rhine since the war was over,

Germany; Civil Engineering; Railways; Transport

bridges, transportation, post-war, construction, railways

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