"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

01 January 2010

Flying drawbridge


This is the "Slauerhoffbrug," in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. The road section is lifted on a single massive counterbalanced arm up to 90 degrees in the air.

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