Pretoria Bridge. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Vertical Lift Bridges on Waymarking.com

Named in honour of a Boer War battle where Canadian troops distinguished themselves the Pretoria Bridge spans the historic Rideau Canal in downtown Ottawa.

You can watch a Youtube video of the bridge in action at this site.

Visit Instructions:
1) After you've found a vertical lift bridge, go visit it, get the coordinates, a picture or two of it, and if it is in use or not still as a lift bridge.
Then log it and post your pictures! At least one of the photos must be of you and your GPS there with the bridge in the background. (No old vacation shots or photos off the internet!)
2) Include the coordinates, city/county/state/country and the name of the bridge (if it has one).
3) Include any interesting information about the structure

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