{"id":80617,"date":"2020-02-01T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T21:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=80617"},"modified":"2020-02-01T16:43:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T21:43:43","slug":"this-is-huntsville-the-key-to-the-swing-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/this-is-huntsville-the-key-to-the-swing-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Huntsville: The key to the swing bridge | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our video series, <em>This is Huntsville<\/em>, brings you the people and places of Huntsville, past and present.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s video features the swing bridge\u2014long a Huntsville landmark.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge has been rebuilt several times over the decades. Its mechanism is no longer operational, but at one time it swung open to allow the steamships of the day to pass through. 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That key now resides at Muskoka Heritage Place.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the key and some of the bridge&#8217;s history in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U4SdsG9et9I\" width=\"750\" height=\"423\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch for more videos in the <em>This is Huntsville<\/em> series on <em>Huntsville Doppler<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>This is Huntsville is sponsored by Hutcheson, Reynolds and Caswell.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"52605\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our video series, This is Huntsville, brings you the people and places of Huntsville, past and present. 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