> What is this bridge for, exactly? Here it is, from both sides:
> http://personal.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/blog/SundeBridge1.jpg
> http://personal.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/blog/SundeBridge2.jpg
> Some info:
> 1. It's old (obviously). Boards (for walking across) seem too rotted
> to hold much weight.
> 2. I don't think it's wide enough for a tractor to drive across, but
> it's obviously not just for human foot traffic, right?
> 3. The ditch of water beneath it is maybe 10-15 feet wide. I think
> it's a man-made tributary from the Chippewa River. It seems to run
> neatly along the boundaries of farm quarter sections in the area. The
> bridge seems to connect two farms across the water.
> Was the water used for irrigation, do you think? What role did the
> bridge play? Thanks if you can help (or direct me to another source).
Interesting reading!
The Patterned peatlands of Minnesota
By Herbert Edgar Wright, Barbara Coffin, Norman E. Aaseng
http://tinyurl.com/2awmpwt
http://books.google.com/books?id=GeVONV-Mp4kC&pg=RA1-PA263&lpg=RA1-PA263&dq=chippewa+drainage+ditch&source=bl&ots=xnO8_PcVuq&sig=vqb66aksOcaE61m119sdtJtlqvk&hl=en&ei=qgEDTO-EN4zANb7WmZkK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved B4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=chippewa%20drainage%20ditch&f=false
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> http://personal.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/blog/SundeBridge1.jpg
> http://personal.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/blog/SundeBridge2.jpg
> Some info:
> 1. It's old (obviously). Boards (for walking across) seem too rotted
> to hold much weight.
> 2. I don't think it's wide enough for a tractor to drive across, but
> it's obviously not just for human foot traffic, right?
> 3. The ditch of water beneath it is maybe 10-15 feet wide. I think
> it's a man-made tributary from the Chippewa River. It seems to run
> neatly along the boundaries of farm quarter sections in the area. The
> bridge seems to connect two farms across the water.
> Was the water used for irrigation, do you think? What role did the
> bridge play? Thanks if you can help (or direct me to another source).