City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . DUNDAS STREET, LOOKING EAST FROM BID(JUT, CI photograph kindly loaned by Thomas Weston, of Chicago. ONTAKMO, CANADA. zr river, and so it remains. But tlu hridjre isj,aine. Referrin«;- to old Rlackfriais Jiridgo(see illustration on page 49), it may be olinterest to note that during tli(> rebellion ofoT sentinels were posted at either md, and noone was allowed to pass who could not givethe countersign. The humor of this lies inthe fact that at that particular tiuie thewater was so k)w that tlu> river-bed
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . DUNDAS STREET, LOOKING EAST FROM BID(JUT, CI photograph kindly loaned by Thomas Weston, of Chicago. ONTAKMO, CANADA. zr river, and so it remains. But tlu hridjre isj,aine. Referrin«;- to old Rlackfriais Jiridgo(see illustration on page 49), it may be olinterest to note that during tli(> rebellion ofoT sentinels were posted at either md, and noone was allowed to pass who could not givethe countersign. The humor of this lies inthe fact that at that particular tiuie thewater was so k)w that tlu> river-bed could becrossed dry-shod. In 1871 the briduts at wooden structuns were destroyed or con-denuied. An additional iion bridge o\er theri\er at tlie west end of King street was inISDN (>rected in conjiection withthe seweragesystem, the main pipe Iteming carried acrossthe river under tlie roadway of the 1(S!).^) tlii^ electric i-ail\\;iy company madeairangements to cross the bridges wherentcessary, and made tlu^ extensions neededfor this purijose. On this point
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