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A fabulous ‘rolling bridge’ at Saint-Malo France, 1873 – 1922. Crossing the tide!

In Culture
June 04, 2025

Thanks to the collaborator Heather Green for this alert. What a brilliant find!

The height of the ‘bridge’ is an indicator of the range of extreme tides in this coast! The bridge worked from 1873 to 1922.

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About Owain Jones

I am an emeritus professor of environmental humanities, Bath Spa University, the United Kingdom. I trained as a cultural geographer and have published many academic articles and books on various aspects of the place, landscape, memory, relations with social nature and, specifically, about tides and tides.