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Quebec Bridge Reclamation ProjectINTRODUCTIONThe Quebec Bridge, considered the 'Eighth Wonder
of the World' when construction was completed in 1919, is the longest cantilever
steel Railway Bridge in the world.
In 1987, the Canadian and American Society of Civil Engineers declared it a Historic Monument and on January 24, 1996, the Department of Canadian Heritage declared the Quebec Bridge a National Historic Site. The following virtual tour is a chronicle of the fist
phase of the ‘Quebec Bridge Reclamation Project” that was initiated in
April 1999, and consisted of cleaning and coating half of the South Arm
and Portal
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