Oskars Kalpaks swing bridge consists of two separate parts which can be rotated in case the ship comes through the canal. This engineering wonder is one of the oldest steel construction bridges in Latvia, built in 1906. The legend goes that it's author, German engineer Harold Hall has designed it after a drawing of Gustave Eiffel, the architect of Eiffel tower.

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