Suspension Bridge

Suspension Bridge

Suspension Bridge (spr. Suspensch'n Bridsch, d.i. Hängebrücke), Postort in der Grafschaft Niagara[110] des Staates New York (Nordamerika), am Niagara, eine Stunde unterhalb des Niagarafalls (s.d.), über welchen hier eine Hängebrücke mit Schienengeleisen zur Verbindung der Eisenbahnnetze Canadas u. der Vereinigten Staaten führt; vom östlichen Ende derselben aus genießt man eine sehr schöne Aussicht auf den Fall. Der Ort hat eine große Anzahl eleganter Gasthäuser u. ungefähr 1000 eigene Einw., im Sommer jedoch immer zahlreiche Fremde.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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