pontoonbridge

Po River : Northern Italy - 1944 - 5

Photo exactly shot afternoon 25 april 1945 one mile north of San Benedetto twin bell towers, when the bridge was completed on 05.00 p.m. hours on the Po River. The water flows east, rightside. This 40 tons bridge is the second that US engineers launched that day, with the first treadway ponton bridge already completed on 12.00 a.m. hours, just two miles downstream on the shore of Brede. Other two ponton bridges was launched next, crossing the Po River at Revere and Ostiglia (by 40 tons for tanks) and a treadway ponton bridge for jeeps and trucks at Bonizzo shore. Even UK and Newzealanders engineers launched two 40 tons and two treadway bridges, more downstream, two at isola Tontola and Porporana and two at Pontelagoscuro, north of Ferrara.

Taken from somewhere near here . Pontoon bridge is spanning the Royal Canal with the Mullingar to Athlone railway line behind. Newbrook racecourse had its own station which was unique in that it had two platforms which were both on the Down Line. The racecourse closed in 1961 after 109 years.
The floats look like they're made of metal..as if old petrol tanks? The racecourse was used in the making of the 1948 film "Captain Boycott" and can been seen here. It's pretty awful....No! It's much worse than awful..
youtu.be/YChsAsLFi6Q

O Mac I see your point re the film!!

O Mac The floats do look like drop-tanks. I wouldn't think they are though - why would there be nine identical drop-tanks in Westmeath, an area not famed for its aero-industry?

OSI 25" map at GeoHive.

Niall McAuley Not just back in action, but much improved!

Seems like there is no reason to omit the word "Boat" on the negative in the caption. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_boats

artolog: Thanks for catching the omission of "boats" in the title. We will add it back in when we update.

Other Bain/LOC photos of Spahis:

Original photo from Agence Meurisse at Gallica site, published 1914, with caption: Compiègne : un pont de bateaux construit par le Génie Français (boat bridge built by French engineering) Meurisse catalog number at middle left of Bain negative. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90418274

Wystan: Thanks for gathering other images of the Spahis. artolog: Thank you for matching this image with the one from Gallica. We will add more details when we update.