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Irish Famine Walk - The GhostsThe CN Train Swing Bridge connecting Wellington street. This bridge was used until 1959, at that point in time the Lachine canal was not used anymore as the seaway way opened. This bridge was used by cars, pedestrians and the old street cars of the day. The bridge would swing open 90 degrees to let the boats go by and then swing back into place. The bridge has a particularly gruesome history and now is said to be haunted. In September 1908 a 13 year old boy jumped onto the bridge as it began to swing open, then as the bridge was swinging closed, he attempted to jump off on the Griffintown side before the bridge had fully swung into place. Instead of landing on the street, he fell between the abutment and the bridge and was crushed to death. A ghostly figure of a boy, who seems to be in a rush, has been seen near and on the bridge.
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