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Len Howson in the new Buick. This was the first car to arrive at Malakwa.

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In 1923, construction began on a new iron bridge across the Columbia River, one block north of the wooden traffic bridge. Two men lost their lives during the bridge construction. On July 18, 1923, Leslie Lucas died when he and another man were being brought to shore in a cable trolley from one of the piers in mid-stream. The cable trolley became detached, throwing both men into the river. The other man managed to grab a piling and climbed to a cross brace from where he was rescued. Lucas' body was never found. Less than a month later, Jack McCarty, only son of Revelstoke's first mayor, lost his life while working on the second pier from the north shore. Apparently he did not hear the two-bell warning that a bucket was being raised and he was knocked from the staging into the river and was drowned. His body was found 13 kilometres south a month later.

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Iron workers on Big Eddy Traffic Bridge.
1924
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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Iron workers on Big Eddy Traffic Bridge, 1924.

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The iron bridge was officially opened on June 18, 1924 with an impressive ceremony organized by the DOKK Lodge. The lodge held a draw to determine the first car and passengers to cross the bridge.