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Identifier: 01710943.5406.emory.edu
Title: Spain and Portugal: handbook for travellers
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Emory University, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library
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s cS a o <3 OS o * C v 55b io - a3 1 1 o o - to Miranda de Ebro. LAS ARENAS. 2. Route. 23 The intercourse between Portugalete and Las Arenas is carried on bythe iron Puente Vizcaya, a so-called puente trasbordador, constructedin 1893 by Palacio of Bilbao at a cost of 800,000 p. (32,000*.). Two massivedouble-piers, 204 ft. in height, stand on stone platforms close to the edgeof the river and support a light iron bridge, 530 ft. long and 150 ft. abovethe water. From this bridge hangs a flying-ferry, about 16 ft. above thewater, moving on wheels and propelled by an engine in the lower partof the E. pier. This can accommodate 200 persons and crosses the riverin 1 min. (fare 10 c). The vehicle is steadied by a net-work of thinwire-ropes, and the stability of the upper bridge is also increased bywire-cables passing over the tops of the piers and embedded in the groundbeyond. — Las Arenas (Fonda y Cafi del Recreo; Fonda Nueva; H6t. Ven-tura, all near the bridge) has an excellent bathing

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