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To: Tainan

i read somewhere that they actually had to jack up the bridge about 5 meters so the ship could get through...

18 posted on 02/05/2007 5:00:10 AM PST by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)

To: chilepepper

jack up the bridge about 5 meters

Nah, they had 22ft. to spare.

20 posted on 02/05/2007 5:11:57 AM PST by RGSpincich

To: chilepepper

"i read somewhere that they actually had to jack up the bridge about 5 meters so the ship could get through..."

Naaaw...they lowered the bay for a few hours...(low tide helped I think!)...;)

30 posted on 02/05/2007 6:28:04 PM PST by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)

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